DoonbegCo. Clare vs KilrushCo. ClareTown level

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

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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area V15 — 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.
Doonbeg
Kilrush

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

TOWNS
Doonbeg
Co. CLARE · in V15 · pop 279 · 1 small areas
Kilrush
Co. CLARE · in V15 · pop 2,790 · 13 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€310k
€213k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€244k – €571k
€136k – €297k
Sales (24m)
36
180
Price momentum (YoY)
+20.5%
New-build share
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 · 1 sec
Doonbeg · 1 schools (largest first)
Doonbeg N S Primary
67 pupils · Catholic
Kilrush · 3 schools (largest first)
Kilrush Community School Secondary
341 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Convent Of Mercy National School Primary
337 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Ui Choimin Primary
63 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
2
4
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
0
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
3
5
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
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.
Limerick
71m · ~90 rush
69m · ~85 rush
Galway
96m · ~120 rush
93m · ~115 rush
Cork
151m · ~175 rush
149m · ~170 rush
Waterford
185m · ~200 rush
183m · ~195 rush
Dublin
205m · ~240 rush
203m · ~240 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.1
-16.7
Doonbeg · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8DoonbegBelow average
-6DoonbegBelow average
Kilrush · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-18Kilrush UrbanVery disadvantaged
-15Kilrush UrbanDisadvantaged
Third-level educated
31.1%
22.8%
Professional class
29.5%
24.9%
Unemployment
12.4%
24.4%
Owner-occupier
79.3%
58.4%
Private rental
13.1%
18.9%
Social housing (LA)
4.4%
17.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · V15 / V15
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DoonbegV15, KilrushV15); safety & crime are the Clare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
53/100
53/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V15 / V15) 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.

DoonbegKilrushOverall (avg)
Safety53685368
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2222
Family8181
Education1818
Environment6060
Economic2525
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#103
#103
County rank
#2
#2
Safety
68/100
68/100
Crime / 1,000
48.8
48.8

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.

Doonbeg Below average-7.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Doonbeg -8 (least affluent) → Doonbeg -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Kilrush Very disadvantaged-16.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilrush Urban -18 (least affluent) → Kilrush Urban -15 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is 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 (Clare) — 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 14 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DoonbegKilrush
The verdict

Doonbeg is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Kilrush’s 1, with 4 level: affluence and education levels. Kilrush leads on affordability.

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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