Town comparison · Clane vs Naas

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Clane or Naas?

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.

Clane, Co. Kildare · W91 · 6,209 people | Naas, Co. Kildare · W91 · 23,127 people

Naas is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Clane’s 1, with 3 level.

Clane leads on
affordability
Naas leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transport
91627

Clane aheadlevel or not comparableNaas ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ClaneNaas
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area W91 — 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.

Clane
Naas

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.

6,209
Population
23,127

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€411k
Median sale pricelower is better
€446k
Clane leads
€320k – €463k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€350k – €547k
419
Sales (24m)
895
+0.5%
Price momentum (YoY)
+12.8%
51.6%
New-build share
22.7%

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
8 prim · 5 sec
Naas leads
Clane · 5 schools (largest first)
Scoil Mhuire Community School Secondary
1,183 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Clongowes Wood College Secondary
433 pupils · 85% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
Scoil Naisiunta Bhride Primary
490 pupils · Catholic
St Patricks Bns Primary
474 pupils · Catholic
Hewetsons N S Primary
87 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Naas · 13 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Naomh Mhuire Secondary
1,084 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Piper's Hill College Secondary
1,046 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Meánscoil Iognáid Ris Secondary
1,016 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Naas Community College Secondary
907 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Gael-choláiste Chill Dara Secondary
402 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Bríd Primary
628 pupils · Catholic
Mercy Convent Primary School Primary
598 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Chorbain Primary
498 pupils · Catholic
An Linbh Iosa Primary
430 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Nas Na Riogh Primary
402 pupils · Inter Denominational
Naas Community National School Primary
343 pupils · Multi Denominational
Killashee Multi-denominational Ns Primary
223 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Davids Ns Primary
94 pupils · Church Of Ireland
8
Creches
19
Naas leads
5
GP practices
4
Clane leads
4
Pharmacies
9
Naas leads
1
Hospitals
2
Naas leads
19
Bus stops
39
Naas leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
15
Gyms & leisure
15
1
Parks & playgrounds
15
Naas leads
28
Sports pitches
64
Naas 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.

9
Restaurants
14
Naas leads
4
Cafés
15
Naas leads
4
Pubs & bars
5
Naas leads
6
Takeaways
12
Naas leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Naas leads
270
Residents per venuelower is better
482
Clane leads

Clane is a small town and Naas 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
8
Naas leads
2
Convenience shops
7
Naas leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
3
2
Banks
4
Naas leads
2
Post offices
1
Clane leads
16
Hairdressers
2
Clane leads
3
Dentists
5
Naas leads
1
Vets
2
Naas leads
2
Filling stations
7
Naas leads
2
EV charging
8
Naas leads
9
Library & community centre
3
Clane leads
135
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
463
Clane 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.

38m · ~75 rush
Dublinlower is better
37m · ~70 rush
Naas leads
96m · ~110 rush
Waterfordlower is better
90m · ~105 rush
Naas leads
118m · ~135 rush
Limericklower is better
112m · ~130 rush
Naas leads
133m · ~155 rush
Galwaylower is better
145m · ~170 rush
Clane leads
157m · ~180 rush
Corklower is better
151m · ~175 rush
Naas leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
3.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.2
Naas leads
Clane · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+3ClaneAbove average
+4ClaneAffluent
Naas · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+3Naas UrbanAbove average
+6Naas UrbanAffluent
47.5%
Third-level educated
50.2%
Naas leads
46.0%
Professional class
48.2%
Naas leads
8.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
7.8%
Naas leads
72.0%
Owner-occupier
70.9%
Clane leads
20.9%
Private rental
22.2%
6.7%
Social housing (LA)
6.6%

Liveability & safety

AREA · W91 / W91

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ClaneW91, NaasW91); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (W91 / W91) 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.

ClaneNaasOverall (avg)
Safety66636663
Affordability6666
Infrastructure6464
Family8181
Education5656
Environment7373
Economic6262
020406080100020406080100
#35
National rank
#35
#2
County rank
#2
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.

Clane Above average+3.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clane +3 (least affluent) → Clane +4 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Naas Affluent+4.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Naas Urban +3 (least affluent) → Naas Urban +6 (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 96 CSO Small Areas.

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