Town comparison · Cahir vs Killenaule

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Cahir or Killenaule?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Cahir, Co. South Tipperary · E21 · 3,679 people | Killenaule, Co. South Tipperary · E41 · 755 people

Cahir is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 6 of the 7 dimensions to Killenaule’s 0, with 1 level.

Cahir leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
31174

Cahir aheadlevel or not comparableKillenaule ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CahirKillenaule
iCahir sits in E21, Killenaule in E41. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

Outlines are each town’s CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.

Cahir
Killenaule

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

3,679
Population
755

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€244k
Median sale pricelower is better
€260k
Cahir leads
€174k – €302k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€180k – €367k
140
Sales (24m)
21
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
9.3%
New-build share
N/A

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

1 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
Cahir · 2 schools (largest first)
Colaiste Dun Iascaigh Secondary
904 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Bunscoil Na Cathrach Primary
428 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Killenaule · 2 schools (largest first)
Scoil Ruain Secondary
371 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Killenaule N S Primary
138 pupils · CatholicDEIS
4
Creches
1
Cahir leads
1
GP practices
N/A
3
Pharmacies
1
Cahir leads
0
Hospitals
0
6
Bus stops
4
Cahir leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Cahir leads
6
Gyms & leisure
1
Cahir leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
1
Cahir leads
16
Sports pitches
9
Cahir leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

4
Restaurants
1
Cahir leads
2
Cafés
0
Cahir leads
8
Pubs & bars
4
Cahir leads
4
Takeaways
1
Cahir leads
2
Nightclubs
0
Cahir leads
0
Cinema & theatre
0
184
Residents per venuelower is better
126
Killenaule leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

3
Supermarkets
1
Cahir leads
5
Convenience shops
1
Cahir leads
2
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Cahir leads
2
Banks
1
Cahir leads
1
Post offices
1
6
Hairdressers
0
Cahir leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
5
Filling stations
1
Cahir leads
1
EV charging
0
Cahir leads
3
Library & community centre
1
Cahir leads
131
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
108
Killenaule leads

Commute by car

TOWN · from centre

Drive time from the town centre to each city centre — typical off-peak, with an estimated weekday rush hour. OSRM road routing.

60m · ~80 rush
Corklower is better
89m · ~110 rush
Cahir leads
61m · ~80 rush
Limericklower is better
81m · ~100 rush
Cahir leads
64m · ~80 rush
Waterfordlower is better
66m · ~80 rush
Cahir leads
126m · ~160 rush
Dublinlower is better
116m · ~150 rush
Killenaule leads
132m · ~155 rush
Galwaylower is better
148m · ~170 rush
Cahir leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-8.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-12.9
Cahir leads
Cahir · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-13KilcommonDisadvantaged
-10KilcommonDisadvantaged
-10CaherDisadvantaged
-6CaherBelow average
-5MortlestownBelow average
-2MortlestownBelow average
Killenaule · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-16KillenauleDisadvantaged
-10KillenauleDisadvantaged
25.1%
Third-level educated
18.8%
Cahir leads
25.6%
Professional class
23.7%
Cahir leads
12.9%
Unemploymentlower is better
15.3%
Cahir leads
65.9%
Owner-occupier
66.7%
Killenaule leads
16.8%
Private rental
9.8%
12.6%
Social housing (LA)
16.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · E21 / E41

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CahirE21, KillenauleE41); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

71/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Cahir leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (E21 / E41) from official data — Garda crime, CSO income & census, OPW flood, EPA water, and transport/healthcare/broadband coverage. Refreshed quarterly. The dashed line is each town’s overall score (that average) — dimensions to its right beat the average, to its left fall short. Two towns can share a score with a very different mix.

CahirKillenauleOverall (avg)
Safety71566656
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8888
Family8179
Education5328
Environment8274
Economic4038
020406080100020406080100
#9
National ranklower is better
#35
Cahir leads
#2
County rank
#2
56/100
Safety
56/100
64.9
Crime / 1,000
64.9

Affluence range

Pobal HP deprivation index, published per Electoral Division, so the spread shows the town’s poorest to richest ED. A town that is a single ED shows one mark, no range.

Cahir Disadvantaged-8.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilcommon -13 (least affluent) → Mortlestown -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Killenaule Disadvantaged-12.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Killenaule -16 (least affluent) → Killenaule -10 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and town-specific.

Prices come from individual PPR sales inside the town’s Small-Area boundary; schools, GPs, transport, gyms and parks are counted the same way; commute is routed from the town centre.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (Tipperary), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 17 CSO Small Areas.

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