Town comparison · Clongeen vs New Ross

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Clongeen or New Ross?

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.

Clongeen, Co. Wexford · Y35 · 263 people | New Ross, Co. Wexford · Y34 · 7,949 people

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

Clongeen leads on
affluence
New Ross leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
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Clongeen aheadlevel or not comparableNew Ross ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ClongeenNew Ross
iClongeen sits in Y35, New Ross in Y34. 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.

Clongeen
New Ross

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.

263
Population
7,949

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€417k
Median sale pricelower is better
€208k
New Ross leads
€300k – €417k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€150k – €285k
9
Sales (24m)
319
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+29.6%
N/A
New-build share
0.3%

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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
4 prim · 5 sec
New Ross leads
Clongeen · 1 schools (largest first)
Clongeen Mxd N S Primary
95 pupils · Catholic
New Ross · 9 schools (largest first)
Good Counsel College Secondary
763 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Mary's Secondary School Secondary
713 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Christian Brothers Secondary School Secondary
413 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Kennedy College Secondary
196 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Our Lady Of Lourdes Secondary School Secondary
194 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Bunscoil Ris Primary
366 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Bunscoil Nic Amhlaidh Primary
304 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Canice S Convent Primary
189 pupils · CatholicDEIS
New Ross Educate Together National School Primary
130 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
0
Creches
7
New Ross leads
N/A
GP practices
3
0
Pharmacies
6
New Ross leads
0
Hospitals
1
New Ross leads
4
Bus stops
38
New Ross leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
10
New Ross leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
8
New Ross leads
1
Sports pitches
35
New Ross 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.

0
Restaurants
14
New Ross leads
0
Cafés
12
New Ross leads
0
Pubs & bars
20
New Ross leads
0
Takeaways
8
New Ross leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
2
New Ross leads
N/A
Residents per venue
142

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

0
Supermarkets
6
New Ross leads
1
Convenience shops
13
New Ross leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
5
New Ross leads
0
Banks
4
New Ross leads
0
Post offices
1
New Ross leads
0
Hairdressers
14
New Ross leads
0
Dentists
3
New Ross leads
0
Vets
3
New Ross leads
0
Filling stations
6
New Ross leads
0
EV charging
4
New Ross leads
0
Library & community centre
4
New Ross leads
263
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
126
New Ross 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 · ~50 rush
Waterfordlower is better
26m · ~40 rush
New Ross leads
122m · ~155 rush
Dublinlower is better
118m · ~155 rush
New Ross leads
134m · ~155 rush
Corklower is better
122m · ~145 rush
New Ross leads
148m · ~165 rush
Limericklower is better
136m · ~155 rush
New Ross leads
214m · ~240 rush
Galwaylower is better
197m · ~220 rush
New Ross leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-8.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-13.5
Clongeen leads
Clongeen · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12ClongeenDisadvantaged
-5ClongeenBelow average
New Ross · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-19New Ross UrbanVery disadvantaged
-16New Ross UrbanDisadvantaged
-12Rosbercon UrbanDisadvantaged
-12New Ross RuralDisadvantaged
-7New Ross RuralBelow average
-6Rosbercon UrbanBelow average
25.2%
Third-level educated
24.0%
Clongeen leads
29.7%
Professional class
21.4%
Clongeen leads
12.3%
Unemploymentlower is better
20.9%
Clongeen leads
74.3%
Owner-occupier
48.2%
Clongeen leads
13.5%
Private rental
27.4%
11.0%
Social housing (LA)
20.2%

Liveability & safety

AREA · Y35 / Y34

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ClongeenY35, New RossY34); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

64/100
Quality of Life
62/100
Clongeen leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (Y35 / Y34) 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.

ClongeenNew RossOverall (avg)
Safety64646264
Affordability94100
Infrastructure6888
Family7066
Education3822
Environment8282
Economic3315
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#58
National ranklower is better
#66
Clongeen leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#4
Clongeen leads
64/100
Safety
64/100
52.9
Crime / 1,000
52.9

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.

Clongeen Disadvantaged-8.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clongeen -12 (least affluent) → Clongeen -5 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
New Ross Disadvantaged-13.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: New Ross Urban -19 (least affluent) → Rosbercon Urban -6 (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 (Wexford), 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 35 CSO Small Areas.

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