Town comparison · Castle Ellis vs Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine

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Castle Ellis or Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine?

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.

Castle Ellis, Co. Wexford · Y21 · 157 people | Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine, Co. Wexford · Y25 · 4,365 people

Castle Ellis and Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine are closely matched. Each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level.

Castle Ellis leads on
affluenceaccess to its nearest city
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transport
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Castle Ellis aheadlevel or not comparableCourtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Castle EllisCourtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine
iCastle Ellis sits in Y21, Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine in Y25. 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.

Castle Ellis
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine

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.

157
Population
4,365

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€249k
Median sale pricelower is better
€257k
Castle Ellis leads
€242k – €380k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€208k – €290k
5
Sales (24m)
101
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
-0.9%
N/A
New-build share
2.0%

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 · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Castle Ellis · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Nmh Brighde Primary
232 pupils · Catholic
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine · 1 schools (largest first)
Riverchapel N S Primary
304 pupils · CatholicDEIS
0
Creches
3
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
1
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
24
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
5
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
7
Sports pitches
13
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine 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.

0
Restaurants
2
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
0
Cafés
2
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
2
Pubs & bars
4
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
2
Takeaways
3
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
39
Residents per venuelower is better
397
Castle Ellis 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.

1
Supermarkets
1
0
Convenience shops
3
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
0
Banks
0
1
Post offices
1
1
Hairdressers
2
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
1
0
EV charging
1
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
2
Library & community centre
1
Castle Ellis leads
26
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
397
Castle Ellis 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.

69m · ~85 rush
Waterfordlower is better
74m · ~90 rush
Castle Ellis leads
102m · ~135 rush
Dublinlower is better
78m · ~115 rush
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads
165m · ~185 rush
Corklower is better
170m · ~190 rush
Castle Ellis leads
177m · ~195 rush
Limericklower is better
178m · ~195 rush
Castle Ellis leads
220m · ~245 rush
Galwaylower is better
206m · ~230 rush
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.2
Castle Ellis leads
Castle Ellis · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Castle TalbotDisadvantaged
-5Castle TalbotBelow average
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-11ArdamineDisadvantaged
-7ArdamineBelow average
-2CourtownBelow average
-1CourtownBelow average
27.7%
Third-level educated
27.7%
33.7%
Professional class
30.9%
Castle Ellis leads
11.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
17.4%
Castle Ellis leads
80.6%
Owner-occupier
71.6%
Castle Ellis leads
14.3%
Private rental
20.4%
3.0%
Social housing (LA)
6.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · Y21 / Y25

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Castle EllisY21, Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-ArdamineY25); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

63/100
Quality of Life
63/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (Y21 / Y25) 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.

Castle EllisCourtown Harbour-Riverchapel-ArdamineOverall (avg)
Safety63646364
Affordability9689
Infrastructure8859
Family7876
Education2030
Environment6482
Economic3038
020406080100020406080100
#62
National rank
#62
#2
County rank
#2
64/100
Safety
64/100
52.9
Crime / 1,000
52.9

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.

Castle Ellis Below average-6.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Castle Talbot -9 (least affluent) → Castle Talbot -5 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine Disadvantaged-8.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ardamine -11 (least affluent) → Courtown -1 (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 (Wexford), 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 21 CSO Small Areas.

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