Town comparison · Danescastle vs Enniscorthy

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Danescastle or Enniscorthy?

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.

Danescastle, Co. Wexford · Y35 · 391 people | Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford · Y21 · 11,220 people

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

Danescastle leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Enniscorthy leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transport
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Danescastle aheadlevel or not comparableEnniscorthy ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DanescastleEnniscorthy
iDanescastle sits in Y35, Enniscorthy in Y21. 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.

Danescastle
Enniscorthy

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.

391
Population
11,220

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€185k
Median sale pricelower is better
€273k
Danescastle leads
€173k – €286k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€190k – €325k
3
Sales (24m)
628
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
-12.1%
N/A
New-build share
14.0%

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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
4 prim · 4 sec
Enniscorthy leads
Danescastle · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Mhuire Primary
139 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Enniscorthy · 8 schools (largest first)
St. Mary's C.b.s. Secondary
772 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Bríde Secondary
753 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Enniscorthy Community College Secondary
472 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Meanscoil Gharman Secondary
228 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Aidans Parish School Primary
867 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Senans National Sch Primary
420 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Inis Corthaidh Primary
194 pupils · Catholic
St Marys N S Primary
64 pupils · Church Of Ireland
1
Creches
14
Enniscorthy leads
N/A
GP practices
4
0
Pharmacies
9
Enniscorthy leads
0
Hospitals
1
Enniscorthy leads
2
Bus stops
51
Enniscorthy leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Enniscorthy leads
2
Gyms & leisure
12
Enniscorthy leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
7
Enniscorthy leads
4
Sports pitches
27
Enniscorthy 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
13
Enniscorthy leads
2
Cafés
9
Enniscorthy leads
2
Pubs & bars
17
Enniscorthy leads
2
Takeaways
13
Enniscorthy leads
0
Nightclubs
1
Enniscorthy leads
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Enniscorthy leads
65
Residents per venuelower is better
208
Danescastle 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.

0
Supermarkets
5
Enniscorthy leads
1
Convenience shops
8
Enniscorthy leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
6
Enniscorthy leads
0
Banks
4
Enniscorthy leads
0
Post offices
2
Enniscorthy leads
0
Hairdressers
20
Enniscorthy leads
0
Dentists
1
Enniscorthy leads
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
6
Enniscorthy leads
0
EV charging
9
Enniscorthy leads
1
Library & community centre
3
Enniscorthy leads
196
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
175
Enniscorthy 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.

45m · ~60 rush
Waterfordlower is better
49m · ~65 rush
Danescastle leads
126m · ~160 rush
Dublinlower is better
95m · ~130 rush
Enniscorthy leads
144m · ~165 rush
Corklower is better
145m · ~165 rush
Danescastle leads
157m · ~175 rush
Limericklower is better
158m · ~175 rush
Danescastle leads
223m · ~245 rush
Galwaylower is better
203m · ~225 rush
Enniscorthy leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-8.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-13.8
Danescastle leads
Danescastle · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11BannowDisadvantaged
-6BannowBelow average
Enniscorthy · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-20Enniscorthy UrbanVery disadvantaged
-17Enniscorthy UrbanVery disadvantaged
-13Enniscorthy RuralDisadvantaged
-11Enniscorthy RuralDisadvantaged
29.0%
Third-level educated
22.1%
Danescastle leads
29.7%
Professional class
23.2%
Danescastle leads
12.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
21.2%
Danescastle leads
72.3%
Owner-occupier
54.8%
Danescastle leads
10.7%
Private rental
23.1%
12.5%
Social housing (LA)
17.2%

Liveability & safety

AREA · Y35 / Y21

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DanescastleY35, EnniscorthyY21); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

64/100
Quality of Life
63/100
Danescastle leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (Y35 / Y21) 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.

DanescastleEnniscorthyOverall (avg)
Safety64646364
Affordability9496
Infrastructure6888
Family7078
Education3820
Environment8264
Economic3330
020406080100020406080100
#58
National ranklower is better
#62
Danescastle leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Danescastle 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.

Danescastle Disadvantaged-8.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Bannow -11 (least affluent) → Bannow -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Enniscorthy Disadvantaged-13.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Enniscorthy Urban -20 (least affluent) → Enniscorthy Rural -11 (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 46 CSO Small Areas.

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