CastlepollardCo. Westmeath vs KilbegganCo. WestmeathTown level

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

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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area N91 — 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.
Castlepollard
Kilbeggan

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

TOWNS
Castlepollard
Co. WESTMEATH · in N91 · pop · 4 small areas
Kilbeggan
Co. WESTMEATH · in N91 · pop · 4 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€250k
€301k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€234k – €275k
€240k – €778k
Sales (24m)
7
11
Price momentum (YoY)
+21.0%
+742.1%
New-build share
0.0%
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 · 0 sec
0 prim · 1 sec
Castlepollard · 1 schools (largest first)
Castlepollard Paroc.n S Primary
25 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Kilbeggan · 1 schools (largest first)
Meán Scoil An Chlochair Secondary
720 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Creches
0
4
GP practices
0
2
Pharmacies
2
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
3
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
2
Parks & playgrounds
1
3
Sports pitches
1
6
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.
Dublin
81m · ~115 rush
69m · ~105 rush
Galway
123m · ~145 rush
83m · ~105 rush
Limerick
150m · ~170 rush
110m · ~130 rush
Waterford
163m · ~175 rush
123m · ~135 rush
Cork
197m · ~220 rush
157m · ~180 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-11.8
-4.4
Castlepollard · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-12KinturkDisadvantaged
Kilbeggan · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4KilbegganBelow average
Third-level educated
24.6%
31.0%
Professional class
24.1%
29.8%
Unemployment
14.5%
9.5%
Owner-occupier
65.4%
60.9%
Private rental
18.6%
21.7%
Social housing (LA)
15.0%
14.2%
Liveability & safety● AREA · N91 / N91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CastlepollardN91, KilbegganN91); safety & crime are the Westmeath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
58/100
58/100
National rank
#89
#89
County rank
#2
#2
Safety
31/100
31/100
Crime / 1,000
99.2
99.2

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.

Castlepollard Disadvantaged-11.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Kinturk) — below the national average.
Kilbeggan Below average-4.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Kilbeggan) — 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 (Westmeath) — 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 8 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CastlepollardKilbeggan
The verdict

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

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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