Town comparison · Clane vs Prosperous

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Clane or Prosperous?

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.

Clane, Co. Kildare · W91 · 6,209 people | Prosperous, Co. Kildare · W91 · 2,413 people

Clane is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Prosperous’s 0, with 2 level.

Clane leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
32174

Clane aheadlevel or not comparableProsperous ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ClaneProsperous
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
Prosperous

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
2,413

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€410k
Median sale pricelower is better
€405k
Prosperous leads
€316k – €461k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€365k – €484k
426
Sales (24m)
69
+0.6%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
51.9%
New-build share
29.0%

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
1 prim · 1 sec
Clane 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
Prosperous · 2 schools (largest first)
St Farnan's Post Primary School Secondary
635 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Prosperous N S Primary
504 pupils · Catholic
8
Creches
5
Clane leads
5
GP practices
1
Clane leads
4
Pharmacies
1
Clane leads
1
Hospitals
0
Clane leads
19
Bus stops
10
Clane leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
15
Gyms & leisure
2
Clane leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
2
Prosperous leads
28
Sports pitches
11
Clane 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
0
Clane leads
4
Cafés
3
Clane leads
4
Pubs & bars
3
Clane leads
6
Takeaways
3
Clane leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
270
Residents per venuelower is better
268
Prosperous leads
#39 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#99 of 131 small towns
Clane 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
0
Clane leads
2
Convenience shops
2
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Clane leads
2
Banks
1
Clane leads
2
Post offices
2
16
Hairdressers
1
Clane leads
3
Dentists
0
Clane leads
1
Vets
0
Clane leads
2
Filling stations
1
Clane leads
2
EV charging
0
Clane leads
9
Library & community centre
0
Clane leads
135
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
302
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
44m · ~80 rush
Clane leads
96m · ~110 rush
Waterfordlower is better
98m · ~110 rush
Clane leads
118m · ~135 rush
Limericklower is better
119m · ~135 rush
Clane leads
133m · ~155 rush
Galwaylower is better
136m · ~160 rush
Clane leads
157m · ~180 rush
Corklower is better
158m · ~180 rush
Clane leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
3.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.7
Clane leads
Clane · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+3ClaneAbove average
+4ClaneAffluent
Prosperous · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4DowningsBelow average
-1DowningsBelow average
47.5%
Third-level educated
35.6%
Clane leads
46.0%
Professional class
41.5%
Clane leads
8.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.4%
Clane leads
72.0%
Owner-occupier
77.1%
Prosperous leads
20.9%
Private rental
9.6%
6.7%
Social housing (LA)
11.3%

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, ProsperousW91); 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.

ClaneProsperousOverall (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.
Prosperous Below average-2.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Downings -4 (least affluent) → Downings -1 (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 (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 30 CSO Small Areas.

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