CashelCo. South Tipperary vs HolycrossCo. South TipperaryTown level

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

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iCashel sits in E25, Holycross in E41. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Cashel
Holycross

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

TOWNS
Cashel
Co. SOUTH TIPPERARY · in E25 · pop 4,805 · 17 small areas
Holycross
Co. SOUTH TIPPERARY · in E41 · pop 697 · 3 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€280k
€192k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€185k – €322k
€160k – €230k
Sales (24m)
263
17
Price momentum (YoY)
+4.3%
New-build share
12.7%
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
3 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Cashel · 4 schools (largest first)
Cashel Community School Secondary
862 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St John The Baptist Primary
314 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St John The Baptist Boys School Primary
261 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Cashel Deanery Primary
29 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Holycross · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Micheal Naofa Primary
216 pupils · Catholic
Creches
5
2
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
4
0
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
4
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.
Limerick
60m · ~80 rush
71m · ~90 rush
Cork
68m · ~90 rush
84m · ~105 rush
Waterford
72m · ~85 rush
87m · ~100 rush
Dublin
116m · ~150 rush
114m · ~150 rush
Galway
131m · ~155 rush
133m · ~155 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.1
-3.2
Cashel · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-13Cashel UrbanDisadvantaged
-8Cashel UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Cashel RuralBelow average
-2Cashel RuralBelow average
Holycross · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-6GaileBelow average
-5HolycrossBelow average
-3GaileBelow average
+3HolycrossAbove average
Third-level educated
27.7%
31.6%
Professional class
27.1%
36.1%
Unemployment
14.5%
7.5%
Owner-occupier
53.3%
81.2%
Private rental
28.0%
12.3%
Social housing (LA)
14.8%
4.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · E25 / E41
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CashelE25, HolycrossE41); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
73/100
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (E25 / 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.

CashelHolycrossOverall (avg)
Safety73566656
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8888
Family7779
Education6328
Environment8274
Economic4838
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#6
#35
County rank
#1
#2
Safety
56/100
56/100
Crime / 1,000
64.9
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.

Cashel Disadvantaged-8.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Cashel Urban -13 (least affluent) → Cashel Rural -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Holycross Below average-3.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Gaile -6 (least affluent) → Holycross +3 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Tipperary) — 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
CashelHolycross
The verdict

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

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

Homes for sale in Holycross — the stronger town on the data
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