Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-ArdamineCo. Wexford vs FernsCo. WexfordTown level

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

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iCourtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine sits in Y25, Ferns in Y21. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine
Ferns

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

TOWNS
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine
Co. WEXFORD · in Y25 · pop · 20 small areas
Ferns
Co. WEXFORD · in Y21 · pop · 6 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€255k
€303k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€205k – €285k
€181k – €384k
Sales (24m)
85
62
Price momentum (YoY)
+6.8%
New-build share
0.0%
0.0%
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
1 prim · 0 sec
2 prim · 0 sec
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine · 1 schools (largest first)
Riverchapel N S Primary
304 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Ferns · 2 schools (largest first)
Naomh Maodhog N.s. Primary
301 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Edans N S Primary
30 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
3
5
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
23
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
5
1
Sports pitches
8
0
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.
Waterford
74m · ~90 rush
54m · ~70 rush
Dublin
78m · ~115 rush
86m · ~120 rush
Cork
170m · ~190 rush
151m · ~175 rush
Limerick
178m · ~195 rush
158m · ~175 rush
Galway
206m · ~230 rush
201m · ~225 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.4
-10.8
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7ArdamineBelow average
-1CourtownBelow average
Ferns · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-11FernsDisadvantaged
Third-level educated
31.2%
23.8%
Professional class
33.7%
25.6%
Unemployment
13.3%
13.4%
Owner-occupier
71.6%
58.0%
Private rental
19.3%
17.2%
Social housing (LA)
6.6%
18.6%
Liveability & safety● AREA · Y25 / Y21
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-ArdamineY25, FernsY21); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
63/100
63/100
National rank
#62
#62
County rank
#2
#2
Safety
64/100
64/100
Crime / 1,000
52.9
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.

Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine Below average-6.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ardamine -7 (least affluent) → Courtown -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Ferns Disadvantaged-10.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Ferns) — below 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 (Wexford) — 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 26 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-ArdamineFerns
The verdict

Courtown Harbour-Riverchapel-Ardamine is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Ferns’s 1, with 2 level: affluence, education levels, public transport and affordability. Ferns leads on access to its nearest city.

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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