CallanCo. Kilkenny vs PiltownCo. 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, Piltown in E32. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Callan
Piltown

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

TOWNS
Callan
Co. KILKENNY · in R95 · pop · 9 small areas
Piltown
Co. KILKENNY · in E32 · pop · 6 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€297k
€297k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€251k – €313k
€250k – €350k
Sales (24m)
73
13
Price momentum (YoY)
-14.1%
-9.1%
New-build share
20.9%
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
Piltown · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Baile An Phiull Primary
270 pupils · Catholic
Creches
5
2
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
2
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
5
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
4
Parks & playgrounds
3
2
Sports pitches
14
10
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
23m · ~35 rush
Cork
102m · ~125 rush
100m · ~120 rush
Limerick
103m · ~120 rush
102m · ~120 rush
Dublin
106m · ~140 rush
120m · ~155 rush
Galway
166m · ~190 rush
173m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.5
-2.5
Callan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Callan UrbanDisadvantaged
+1Callan RuralAbove average
Piltown · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-2PilltownBelow average
Third-level educated
30.1%
34.3%
Professional class
29.5%
33.0%
Unemployment
11.5%
8.2%
Owner-occupier
57.5%
71.6%
Private rental
19.6%
12.4%
Social housing (LA)
14.7%
12.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R95 / E32
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CallanR95, PiltownE32); safety & crime are the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division.
Quality of Life
66/100
60/100
National rank
#35
#81
County rank
#1
#6
Safety
62/100
56/100
Crime / 1,000
57.6
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.

Callan Below average-7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Callan Urban -9 (least affluent) → Callan Rural +1 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Piltown Below average-2.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Pilltown) — 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 15 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CallanPiltown
The verdict

Piltown is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Callan’s 2, with 2 level: affluence, education levels and access to its nearest city. Callan leads on schools & amenities and 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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