Town comparison · Ceanannas Mór (Kells) vs Navan

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Ceanannas Mór (Kells) or Navan?

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.

Ceanannas Mór (Kells), Co. Meath · A82 · 6,050 people | Navan, Co. Meath · C15 · 35,754 people

Navan is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Ceanannas Mór (Kells)’s 2, with 1 level.

Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads on
safetyaffordability
Navan leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiesaccess to its nearest city
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Ceanannas Mór (Kells) aheadlevel or not comparableNavan ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Ceanannas Mór (Kells)Navan
iCeanannas Mór (Kells) sits in A82, Navan in C15. 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.

Ceanannas Mór (Kells)
Navan

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.

6,050
Population
35,754

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€331k
Median sale pricelower is better
€355k
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
€284k – €375k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€280k – €410k
116
Sales (24m)
925
+6.4%
Price momentum (YoY)
+14.0%
14.7%
New-build share
21.8%

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.

3 prim · 2 sec
Schools
2 prim · 0 sec
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) · 5 schools (largest first)
Eureka Secondary School Secondary
759 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Ciaran's Community School Secondary
597 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Cholmcille Primary
355 pupils · Catholic
Our Lady Of Mercy Ns Primary
326 pupils · Catholic
Kells Parochial N S Primary
60 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Navan · 2 schools (largest first)
Scoil Bhríde Primary
386 pupils · Catholic
S N Nmh Sheosamh Primary
141 pupils · Catholic
6
Creches
4
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
1
GP practices
1
5
Pharmacies
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
1
Hospitals
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
14
Bus stops
13
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
8
Gyms & leisure
3
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
8
Parks & playgrounds
1
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
26
Sports pitches
58
Navan 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.

6
Restaurants
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
8
Cafés
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
18
Pubs & bars
2
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
12
Takeaways
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
1
Nightclubs
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
1
Cinema & theatre
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
132
Residents per venuelower is better
17,877
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads

Ceanannas Mór (Kells) is a small town and Navan is a large town, so their national rankings aren’t like-for-like — each is ranked only against places of its own size. Compare them on the residents-per-venue row instead.

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

4
Supermarkets
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
6
Convenience shops
6
5
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
3
Banks
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
1
Post offices
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
18
Hairdressers
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
1
Dentists
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
2
Vets
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
5
Filling stations
5
3
EV charging
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
8
Library & community centre
0
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
108
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
3,250
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) 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.

55m · ~90 rush
Dublinlower is better
48m · ~85 rush
Navan leads
141m · ~165 rush
Galwaylower is better
148m · ~170 rush
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
152m · ~165 rush
Waterfordlower is better
145m · ~160 rush
Navan leads
167m · ~185 rush
Limericklower is better
166m · ~185 rush
Navan leads
212m · ~235 rush
Corklower is better
205m · ~225 rush
Navan leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-7.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-3.2
Navan leads
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-14Ceanannas Mór UrbanDisadvantaged
-3Ceanannas Mór RuralBelow average
Navan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Navan UrbanBelow average
-2Navan RuralBelow average
31.2%
Third-level educated
36.6%
Navan leads
29.1%
Professional class
35.3%
Navan leads
12.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.3%
Navan leads
63.6%
Owner-occupier
66.2%
Navan leads
20.9%
Private rental
19.8%
12.2%
Social housing (LA)
10.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · A82 / C15

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Ceanannas Mór (Kells)A82, NavanC15); safety & crime are the Cavan/Monaghan Garda division.

62/100
Quality of Life
57/100
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A82 / C15) 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.

Ceanannas Mór (Kells)NavanOverall (avg)
Safety62745747
Affordability9480
Infrastructure2629
Family8379
Education4250
Environment8466
Economic3448
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#66
National ranklower is better
#93
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#3
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
74/100
Safety
47/100
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
40
Crime / 1,000lower is better
76
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads

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.

Ceanannas Mór (Kells) Below average-7.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ceanannas Mór Urban -14 (least affluent) → Ceanannas Mór Rural -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Navan Below average-3.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Navan Urban -8 (least affluent) → Navan Rural -2 (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 (Cavan/Monaghan), 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 130 CSO Small Areas.

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