CahirciveenCo. Kerry vs KenmareCo. KerryTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iCahirciveen sits in V23, Kenmare in V93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Cahirciveen
Kenmare

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

TOWNS
Cahirciveen
Co. KERRY · in V23 · pop 1,297 · 7 small areas
Kenmare
Co. KERRY · in V93 · pop 2,566 · 13 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€243k
€300k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€178k – €265k
€250k – €427k
Sales (24m)
8
142
Price momentum (YoY)
+144.5%
New-build share
0.0%
20.8%
Schools, health & amenities● TOWN · counts
Count of each facility whose location falls inside the town boundary. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 1 sec
Cahirciveen · 2 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Na Sceilge Secondary
562 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Caherciveen N S Primary
158 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Kenmare · 2 schools (largest first)
Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine Secondary
614 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Johns Ns Primary
404 pupils · Catholic
Creches
1
3
GP practices
1
1
Pharmacies
2
2
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
2
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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.
Cork
125m · ~145 rush
80m · ~100 rush
Limerick
140m · ~160 rush
129m · ~145 rush
Waterford
219m · ~235 rush
181m · ~195 rush
Galway
210m · ~235 rush
199m · ~225 rush
Dublin
270m · ~305 rush
248m · ~285 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.1
-1.3
Cahirciveen · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10CaherDisadvantaged
-6CaherBelow average
Kenmare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-2KenmareBelow average
-1KenmareBelow average
Third-level educated
25.8%
40.1%
Professional class
34.9%
36.7%
Unemployment
13.4%
10.0%
Owner-occupier
72.2%
56.7%
Private rental
9.7%
26.7%
Social housing (LA)
5.3%
12.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · V23 / V93
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CahirciveenV23, KenmareV93); safety & crime are the Kerry Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
74/100
70/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V23 / V93) 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.

CahirciveenKenmareOverall (avg)
Safety74727072
Affordability9189
Infrastructure8889
Family8578
Education5641
Environment8282
Economic4442
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#3
#18
County rank
#1
#2
Safety
72/100
72/100
Crime / 1,000
42.6
42.6

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.

Cahirciveen Disadvantaged-8.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Caher -10 (least affluent) → Caher -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Kenmare Below average-1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kenmare -2 (least affluent) → Kenmare -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

● TOWN
Prices, amenities & commute — exact, 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. The figures the routing-key area page can't give you.

● ED
Affluence, profile & tenure — Electoral-Division level.

Pobal HP, third-level, class, unemployment, tenure are published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town's EDs — a range where the town spans several EDs (see the bar above).

● AREA
Liveability & safety — wider-area, not the town.

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

Population & growth are loaded for ~7 counties so far (not Leinster yet); rent & yield are too sparse per town. Tap Schools or Affluence to drill in. Built from 20 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CahirciveenKenmare
The verdict

Kenmare is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Cahirciveen’s 1, with 3 level: affluence, education levels and access to its nearest city. Cahirciveen leads on affordability.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.

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