Town comparison · Callan vs Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch

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Callan or Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch?

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.

Callan, Co. Kilkenny · R95 · 2,678 people | Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch, Co. Kilkenny · R95 · 1,506 people

Callan is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch’s 1, with 2 level.

Callan leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiesaccess to its nearest city
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads on
affordability
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Callan aheadlevel or not comparableGraiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CallanGraiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area R95 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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.

Callan
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch

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.

2,678
Population
1,506

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€316k
Median sale pricelower is better
€210k
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
€260k – €350k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€193k – €246k
222
Sales (24m)
10
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
59.5%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
Callan · 2 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Abhainn Rí Secondary
681 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Bunscoil Mcauley Rice Primary
412 pupils · Catholic
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch · 3 schools (largest first)
Duiske College Secondary
139 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Muire Gan Smal Primary
138 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Graig Na Manach Buac Primary
76 pupils · CatholicDEIS
5
Creches
1
Callan leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
2
0
Hospitals
0
5
Bus stops
3
Callan leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
2
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
3
Parks & playgrounds
1
Callan leads
17
Sports pitches
6
Callan 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.

3
Restaurants
3
3
Cafés
2
Callan leads
5
Pubs & bars
9
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
2
Takeaways
2
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
206
Residents per venuelower is better
94
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch 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.

2
Supermarkets
2
2
Convenience shops
2
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Callan leads
2
Banks
1
Callan leads
0
Post offices
1
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
5
Hairdressers
2
Callan leads
1
Dentists
0
Callan leads
1
Vets
1
2
Filling stations
1
Callan leads
4
EV charging
2
Callan leads
2
Library & community centre
3
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
112
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
100
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch 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.

39m · ~55 rush
Waterfordlower is better
46m · ~60 rush
Callan leads
102m · ~125 rush
Corklower is better
139m · ~160 rush
Callan leads
106m · ~140 rush
Dublinlower is better
102m · ~135 rush
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
103m · ~120 rush
Limericklower is better
134m · ~150 rush
Callan leads
166m · ~190 rush
Galwaylower is better
183m · ~205 rush
Callan leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-8.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-9.9
Callan leads
Callan · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Callan UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Callan UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Callan RuralBelow average
+1Callan RuralAbove average
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-13GraiguenamanaghDisadvantaged
-9TinnahinchDisadvantaged
-8TinnahinchDisadvantaged
-8GraiguenamanaghBelow average
28.3%
Third-level educated
26.7%
Callan leads
28.0%
Professional class
30.4%
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
14.2%
Unemploymentlower is better
15.0%
Callan leads
57.5%
Owner-occupier
73.9%
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
21.5%
Private rental
9.7%
14.4%
Social housing (LA)
11.5%

Liveability & safety

AREA · R95 / R95

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CallanR95, Graiguenamanagh-TinnahinchR95); safety & crime are the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (R95 / R95) 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.

CallanGraiguenamanagh-TinnahinchOverall (avg)
Safety66626662
Affordability8989
Infrastructure6565
Family7878
Education4343
Environment7777
Economic4949
020406080100020406080100
#35
National rank
#35
#1
County rank
#1
62/100
Safety
62/100
57.6
Crime / 1,000
57.6

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.

Callan Disadvantaged-8.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Callan Urban -10 (least affluent) → Callan Rural +1 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch Disadvantaged-9.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Graiguenamanagh -13 (least affluent) → Graiguenamanagh -8 (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 (Kilkenny/Carlow), 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 16 CSO Small Areas.

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