Town comparison · Coachford vs Midleton

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Coachford or Midleton?

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.

Coachford, Co. Cork · P12 · 193 people | Midleton, Co. Cork · P25 · 13,475 people

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

Coachford leads on
safetyaffordability
Midleton leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
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Coachford aheadlevel or not comparableMidleton ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CoachfordMidleton
iCoachford sits in P12, Midleton in P25. 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.

Coachford
Midleton

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.

193
Population
13,475

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€339k
Median sale pricelower is better
€368k
Coachford leads
€294k – €392k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€304k – €419k
68
Sales (24m)
829
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+18.9%
72.1%
New-build share
56.9%

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 · 1 sec
Schools
5 prim · 4 sec
Midleton leads
Coachford · 2 schools (largest first)
Coachford College Secondary
851 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Coachford N S Primary
155 pupils · Catholic
Midleton · 9 schools (largest first)
St Colman's Community College Secondary
1,125 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Christian Brothers Secondary School Secondary
949 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Mary's High School Secondary
760 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Midleton College Secondary
484 pupils · 85% to 3rd-level · CHURCH OF IRELANDFee-paying
Midleton Educate Together School Primary
570 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Mhainistir Na Corann Primary
561 pupils · Catholic
Midleton Convent N S Primary
288 pupils · Catholic
Midleton Cbs Primary School Primary
201 pupils · Catholic
St John The Baptist N S Primary
198 pupils · Church Of Ireland
2
Creches
17
Midleton leads
N/A
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
7
Midleton leads
0
Hospitals
1
Midleton leads
2
Bus stops
24
Midleton leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Midleton leads
1
Gyms & leisure
19
Midleton leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
9
Midleton leads
7
Sports pitches
30
Midleton 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
10
Midleton leads
0
Cafés
7
Midleton leads
3
Pubs & bars
9
Midleton leads
0
Takeaways
5
Midleton leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Midleton leads
64
Residents per venuelower is better
408
Coachford 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.

1
Supermarkets
4
Midleton leads
2
Convenience shops
6
Midleton leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Midleton leads
0
Banks
3
Midleton leads
0
Post offices
1
Midleton leads
1
Hairdressers
3
Midleton leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
2
Midleton leads
1
Filling stations
5
Midleton leads
0
EV charging
3
Midleton leads
2
Library & community centre
4
Midleton leads
28
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
408
Coachford 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.

29m · ~50 rush
Corklower is better
22m · ~35 rush
Midleton leads
129m · ~145 rush
Waterfordlower is better
88m · ~100 rush
Midleton leads
93m · ~110 rush
Limericklower is better
104m · ~120 rush
Coachford leads
163m · ~185 rush
Galwaylower is better
175m · ~200 rush
Coachford leads
199m · ~235 rush
Dublinlower is better
182m · ~215 rush
Midleton leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-0.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.7
Coachford leads
Coachford · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4MagourneyBelow average
+3MagourneyAbove average
Midleton · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Midleton UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Midleton UrbanBelow average
-2CloyneBelow average
0Midleton RuralBelow average
+2CloyneAbove average
+4Midleton RuralAbove average
33.0%
Third-level educated
38.9%
Midleton leads
40.1%
Professional class
35.1%
Coachford leads
6.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.3%
Coachford leads
80.0%
Owner-occupier
61.5%
Coachford leads
11.4%
Private rental
26.1%
5.4%
Social housing (LA)
10.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · P12 / P25

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CoachfordP12, MidletonP25); safety & crime are the Cork City Garda division.

65/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Midleton leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (P12 / P25) 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.

CoachfordMidletonOverall (avg)
Safety65616656
Affordability8982
Infrastructure3845
Family8778
Education4460
Environment7382
Economic6662
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#50
National ranklower is better
#35
Midleton leads
#11
County ranklower is better
#9
Midleton leads
61/100
Safety
56/100
Coachford leads
58.8
Crime / 1,000lower is better
67
Coachford leads

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.

Coachford Below average-0.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Magourney -4 (least affluent) → Magourney +3 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Midleton Below average-1.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Midleton Urban -9 (least affluent) → Midleton Rural +4 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Cork City), 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 47 CSO Small Areas.

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