CallanCo. Kilkenny vs KilmacowCo. KilkennyTown level

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

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iCallan sits in R95, Kilmacow in X91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Callan
Kilmacow

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

TOWNS
Callan
Co. KILKENNY · in R95 · pop 2,678 · 9 small areas
Kilmacow
Co. KILKENNY · in X91 · pop 671 · 2 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€316k
€265k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€260k – €349k
€191k – €286k
Sales (24m)
223
41
Price momentum (YoY)
-22.5%
-7.0%
New-build share
20.8%
0.0%
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 · 0 sec
Callan · 2 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Abhainn Rí Secondary
681 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Bunscoil Mcauley Rice Primary
412 pupils · Catholic
Kilmacow · 1 schools (largest first)
St. Senan's National School Primary
167 pupils · Catholic
Creches
5
1
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
2
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
5
2
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.
Waterford
39m · ~55 rush
14m · ~20 rush
Cork
102m · ~125 rush
110m · ~130 rush
Limerick
103m · ~120 rush
118m · ~135 rush
Dublin
106m · ~140 rush
115m · ~150 rush
Galway
166m · ~190 rush
186m · ~210 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.6
-2.5
Callan · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Callan UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Callan UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Callan RuralBelow average
+1Callan RuralAbove average
Kilmacow · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-3UllidBelow average
-2UllidBelow average
Third-level educated
28.3%
31.9%
Professional class
28.0%
38.0%
Unemployment
14.2%
7.5%
Owner-occupier
57.5%
85.0%
Private rental
21.5%
9.2%
Social housing (LA)
14.4%
4.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R95 / X91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CallanR95, KilmacowX91); safety & crime are the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division.
Quality of Life
66/100
65/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (R95 / X91) 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.

CallanKilmacowOverall (avg)
Safety66626551
Affordability89100
Infrastructure6594
Family7866
Education4332
Environment7782
Economic4931
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#35
#50
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
62/100
51/100
Crime / 1,000
57.6
75.8

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.
Kilmacow Below average-2.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ullid -3 (least affluent) → Ullid -2 (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 (Kilkenny/Carlow) — 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 11 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CallanKilmacow
The verdict

Kilmacow is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Callan’s 1, with 2 level: affluence, education levels, affordability and access to its nearest city. Callan leads on safety.

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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