ClaneCo. Kildare vs Droichead Nua (Newbridge)Co. KildareTown level

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

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iClane sits in W91, Droichead Nua (Newbridge) in W12. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Clane
Droichead Nua (Newbridge)

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

TOWNS
Clane
Co. KILDARE · in W91 · pop · 22 small areas
Droichead Nua (Newbridge)
Co. KILDARE · in W12 · pop · 82 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€362k
€383k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€303k – €458k
€295k – €453k
Sales (24m)
121
191
Price momentum (YoY)
+6.8%
-7.4%
New-build share
20.1%
10.9%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
9 prim · 4 sec
Clane · 3 schools (largest first)
Scoil Mhuire Community School Secondary
1,183 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Naisiunta Bhride Primary
490 pupils · Catholic
St Patricks Bns Primary
474 pupils · Catholic
Droichead Nua (Newbridge) · 13 schools (largest first)
Patrician Secondary School Secondary
917 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Newbridge College Secondary
915 pupils · 95% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
Holy Family Secondary School Secondary
777 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Conleth's Community College Secondary
753 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Na Naomh Uilig Primary
586 pupils · Catholic
Newbridge Educate Together Ns Primary
412 pupils · Multi Denominational
Scoil Mhuire Primary
387 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Ballymany Junior Ns Primary
351 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Conleths And Marys N S Primary
345 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Chill Dara Primary
304 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Chonnla Phadraig Primary
304 pupils · Catholic
S N Connlaodh Naofa N Primary
291 pupils · Catholic
St Patricks N S Primary
204 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
Creches
6
20
GP practices
5
1
Pharmacies
4
10
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
14
42
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
14
15
Parks & playgrounds
1
5
Sports pitches
11
39
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
38m · ~75 rush
45m · ~80 rush
Waterford
96m · ~110 rush
90m · ~105 rush
Limerick
118m · ~135 rush
104m · ~120 rush
Galway
133m · ~155 rush
143m · ~165 rush
Cork
157m · ~180 rush
144m · ~165 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.2
-2.3
Clane · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+4ClaneAffluent
Droichead Nua (Newbridge) · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-6Droichead Nua (newbridge) UrbanBelow average
0MorristownbillerBelow average
+5Droichead Nua (newbridge) RuralAffluent
Third-level educated
50.2%
38.0%
Professional class
47.0%
35.5%
Unemployment
6.3%
9.4%
Owner-occupier
72.0%
66.5%
Private rental
18.8%
19.1%
Social housing (LA)
7.4%
10.2%
Liveability & safety● AREA · W91 / W12
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ClaneW91, Droichead Nua (Newbridge)W12); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
66/100
66/100
National rank
#35
#35
County rank
#2
#2
Safety
63/100
63/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
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.

Clane Affluent+4.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Clane) — above the national average.
Droichead Nua (Newbridge) Below average-2.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Droichead Nua (newbridge) Urban -6 (least affluent) → Droichead Nua (newbridge) Rural +5 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Kildare) — 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 104 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ClaneDroichead Nua (Newbridge)
The verdict

Clane is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Droichead Nua (Newbridge)’s 2, with 1 level: affluence, education levels, affordability and access to its nearest city. Droichead Nua (Newbridge) leads on schools & amenities and public transport.

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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