Town comparison · Celbridge vs Kilcock

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Celbridge or Kilcock?

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.

Celbridge, Co. Kildare · W23 · 20,105 people | Kilcock, Co. Kildare · W23 · 7,035 people

Celbridge is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Kilcock’s 1, with 2 level.

Celbridge leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
Kilcock leads on
affordability
29176

Celbridge aheadlevel or not comparableKilcock ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CelbridgeKilcock
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area W23 — 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.

Celbridge
Kilcock

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.

20,105
Population
7,035

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€445k
Median sale pricelower is better
€401k
Kilcock leads
€392k – €551k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€340k – €441k
399
Sales (24m)
367
+8.7%
Price momentum (YoY)
-12.7%
16.3%
New-build share
58.3%

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.

6 prim · 3 sec
Schools
3 prim · 1 sec
Celbridge leads
Celbridge · 9 schools (largest first)
Salesian College Secondary
842 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Wolstan's Community School Secondary
820 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Celbridge Community School Secondary
714 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Aghards N S Primary
665 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Na Mainistreach Primary
460 pupils · Catholic
North Kildare Educate Together Ns Primary
435 pupils · Multi Denominational
Scoil Naomh Padraig Primary
384 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Naomh Brid Primary
258 pupils · Catholic
Primrose Hill Ns Primary
113 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Kilcock · 4 schools (largest first)
Scoil Dara Secondary
861 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Uí Riada Primary
487 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Chóca Naofa Primary
446 pupils · Catholic
St Josephs Ns Primary
424 pupils · Catholic
18
Creches
10
Celbridge leads
3
GP practices
N/A
7
Pharmacies
3
Celbridge leads
1
Hospitals
0
Celbridge leads
54
Bus stops
8
Celbridge leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Kilcock leads
17
Gyms & leisure
12
Celbridge leads
8
Parks & playgrounds
4
Celbridge leads
45
Sports pitches
30
Celbridge 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.

11
Restaurants
9
Celbridge leads
8
Cafés
3
Celbridge leads
9
Pubs & bars
2
Celbridge leads
7
Takeaways
1
Celbridge leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Kilcock leads
574
Residents per venuelower is better
440
Kilcock leads

Celbridge is a large town and Kilcock is a small 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.

6
Supermarkets
2
Celbridge leads
7
Convenience shops
5
Celbridge leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Celbridge leads
3
Banks
2
Celbridge leads
1
Post offices
1
15
Hairdressers
7
Celbridge leads
2
Dentists
0
Celbridge leads
3
Vets
1
Celbridge leads
4
Filling stations
1
Celbridge leads
1
EV charging
0
Celbridge leads
3
Library & community centre
3
419
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
293
Kilcock 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.

28m · ~55 rush
Dublinlower is better
33m · ~65 rush
Celbridge leads
110m · ~125 rush
Waterfordlower is better
111m · ~125 rush
Celbridge leads
131m · ~155 rush
Galwaylower is better
121m · ~145 rush
Kilcock leads
131m · ~150 rush
Limericklower is better
132m · ~150 rush
Celbridge leads
171m · ~195 rush
Cork
171m · ~195 rush

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
3.7
Affluence (Pobal HP)
2.9
Celbridge leads
Celbridge · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
+2CelbridgeAbove average
+4CelbridgeAffluent
+5DonaghcumperAffluent
+6DonaghcumperAffluent
Kilcock · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+2KilcockAbove average
+4KilcockAbove average
48.2%
Third-level educated
46.0%
Celbridge leads
48.4%
Professional class
44.8%
Celbridge leads
7.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
7.8%
Celbridge leads
78.4%
Owner-occupier
69.4%
Celbridge leads
15.6%
Private rental
20.7%
4.5%
Social housing (LA)
6.6%

Liveability & safety

AREA · W23 / W23

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CelbridgeW23, KilcockW23); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

68/100
Quality of Life
68/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (W23 / W23) 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.

CelbridgeKilcockOverall (avg)
Safety68636863
Affordability5959
Infrastructure6666
Family8181
Education7373
Environment5858
Economic7777
020406080100020406080100
#28
National rank
#28
#1
County rank
#1
63/100
Safety
63/100
55.1
Crime / 1,000
55.1

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.

Celbridge Above average+3.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Celbridge +2 (least affluent) → Donaghcumper +6 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Kilcock Above average+2.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilcock +2 (least affluent) → Kilcock +4 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above 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 (Kildare), 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 90 CSO Small Areas.

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