Town comparison · Ceanannas Mór (Kells) vs Trim

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Ceanannas Mór (Kells) or Trim?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 53 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Ceanannas Mór (Kells), Co. Meath · A82 · 6,050 people | Trim, Co. Meath · C15 · 9,563 people

Trim is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Ceanannas Mór (Kells)’s 2.

Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads on
safetyaffordability
Trim leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
191618

Ceanannas Mór (Kells) aheadlevel or not comparableTrim ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Ceanannas Mór (Kells)Trim
iCeanannas Mór (Kells) sits in A82, Trim 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)
Trim

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
9,563

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€332k
Median sale pricelower is better
€374k
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
€281k – €379k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€330k – €450k
116
Sales (24m)
379
+8.6%
Price momentum (YoY)
+20.5%
14.7%
New-build share
33.5%

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
5 prim · 2 sec
Trim 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
Trim · 7 schools (largest first)
Boyne Community School Secondary
998 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Mhuire Secondary
820 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Marys Convent N S Primary
549 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Mhichil Na Buachailli Primary
289 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Na Boinne Primary
209 pupils · Catholic
Trim Educate Together National School Primary
189 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Patricks N S Primary
52 pupils · Church Of Ireland
6
Creches
10
Trim leads
1
GP practices
N/A
5
Pharmacies
5
1
Hospitals
1
14
Bus stops
20
Trim leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
8
Gyms & leisure
9
Trim leads
8
Parks & playgrounds
4
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
26
Sports pitches
32
Trim 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
10
Trim leads
8
Cafés
9
Trim leads
18
Pubs & bars
14
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
12
Takeaways
7
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
239
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
#8 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#12 of 131 small towns
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) 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.

4
Supermarkets
3
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
6
Convenience shops
6
5
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
3
Banks
4
Trim leads
1
Post offices
1
18
Hairdressers
13
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
1
Dentists
1
2
Vets
1
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
5
Filling stations
5
3
EV charging
3
8
Library & community centre
2
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) leads
108
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
222
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
46m · ~80 rush
Trim leads
141m · ~165 rush
Galwaylower is better
131m · ~155 rush
Trim leads
152m · ~165 rush
Waterfordlower is better
136m · ~150 rush
Trim leads
167m · ~185 rush
Limericklower is better
157m · ~175 rush
Trim leads
212m · ~235 rush
Corklower is better
196m · ~220 rush
Trim leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-7.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.3
Trim leads
Ceanannas Mór (Kells) · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-14Ceanannas Mór UrbanDisadvantaged
-3Ceanannas Mór RuralBelow average
Trim · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Trim UrbanBelow average
+0Trim RuralAbove average
31.2%
Third-level educated
38.6%
Trim leads
29.1%
Professional class
40.7%
Trim leads
12.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.0%
Trim leads
63.6%
Owner-occupier
70.6%
Trim leads
20.9%
Private rental
17.6%
12.2%
Social housing (LA)
9.5%

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, TrimC15); 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)TrimOverall (avg)
Safety62745747
Affordability9480
Infrastructure2629
Family8379
Education4250
Environment8466
Economic3448
020406080100020406080100
#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.
Trim Below average-1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Trim Urban -7 (least affluent) → Trim Rural +0 (most affluent). It straddles 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 52 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Trim

The stronger town on the data.

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