Town comparison · Castle Ellis vs Enniscorthy

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Castle Ellis or Enniscorthy?

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 | Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford · Y21 · 11,220 people

Castle Ellis and Enniscorthy are closely matched. Each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level.

Castle Ellis leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaffordability
Enniscorthy leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
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Castle Ellis aheadlevel or not comparableEnniscorthy ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Castle EllisEnniscorthy
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area Y21 — 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.

Castle Ellis
Enniscorthy

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
11,220

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€249k
Median sale pricelower is better
€273k
Castle Ellis leads
€242k – €380k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€190k – €325k
5
Sales (24m)
628
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
-12.1%
N/A
New-build share
14.0%

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
4 prim · 4 sec
Enniscorthy leads
Castle Ellis · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Nmh Brighde Primary
232 pupils · Catholic
Enniscorthy · 8 schools (largest first)
St. Mary's C.b.s. Secondary
772 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Bríde Secondary
753 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Enniscorthy Community College Secondary
472 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Meanscoil Gharman Secondary
228 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Aidans Parish School Primary
867 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Senans National Sch Primary
420 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh Primary
194 pupils · Catholic
St Marys N S Primary
64 pupils · Church Of Ireland
0
Creches
14
Enniscorthy leads
N/A
GP practices
4
0
Pharmacies
9
Enniscorthy leads
0
Hospitals
1
Enniscorthy leads
2
Bus stops
51
Enniscorthy leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Enniscorthy leads
0
Gyms & leisure
12
Enniscorthy leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
7
Enniscorthy leads
7
Sports pitches
27
Enniscorthy 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
13
Enniscorthy leads
0
Cafés
9
Enniscorthy leads
2
Pubs & bars
17
Enniscorthy leads
2
Takeaways
13
Enniscorthy leads
0
Nightclubs
1
Enniscorthy leads
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Enniscorthy leads
39
Residents per venuelower is better
208
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
5
Enniscorthy leads
0
Convenience shops
8
Enniscorthy leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
6
Enniscorthy leads
0
Banks
4
Enniscorthy leads
1
Post offices
2
Enniscorthy leads
1
Hairdressers
20
Enniscorthy leads
0
Dentists
1
Enniscorthy leads
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
6
Enniscorthy leads
0
EV charging
9
Enniscorthy leads
2
Library & community centre
3
Enniscorthy leads
26
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
175
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
49m · ~65 rush
Enniscorthy leads
102m · ~135 rush
Dublinlower is better
95m · ~130 rush
Enniscorthy leads
165m · ~185 rush
Corklower is better
145m · ~165 rush
Enniscorthy leads
177m · ~195 rush
Limericklower is better
158m · ~175 rush
Enniscorthy leads
220m · ~245 rush
Galwaylower is better
203m · ~225 rush
Enniscorthy leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-13.8
Castle Ellis leads
Castle Ellis · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Castle TalbotDisadvantaged
-5Castle TalbotBelow average
Enniscorthy · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-20Enniscorthy UrbanVery disadvantaged
-17Enniscorthy UrbanVery disadvantaged
-13Enniscorthy RuralDisadvantaged
-11Enniscorthy RuralDisadvantaged
27.7%
Third-level educated
22.1%
Castle Ellis leads
33.7%
Professional class
23.2%
Castle Ellis leads
11.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
21.2%
Castle Ellis leads
80.6%
Owner-occupier
54.8%
Castle Ellis leads
14.3%
Private rental
23.1%
3.0%
Social housing (LA)
17.2%

Liveability & safety

AREA · Y21 / Y21

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Castle EllisY21, EnniscorthyY21); 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 / Y21) 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 EllisEnniscorthyOverall (avg)
Safety63646364
Affordability9696
Infrastructure8888
Family7878
Education2020
Environment6464
Economic3030
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.
Enniscorthy Disadvantaged-13.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Enniscorthy Urban -20 (least affluent) → Enniscorthy Rural -11 (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 46 CSO Small Areas.

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