Droichead Nua (Newbridge)Co. Kildare vs KildareCo. KildareTown level

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

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iDroichead Nua (Newbridge) sits in W12, Kildare in R51. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Droichead Nua (Newbridge)
Kildare

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

TOWNS
Droichead Nua (Newbridge)
Co. KILDARE · in W12 · pop · 82 small areas
Kildare
Co. KILDARE · in R51 · pop · 29 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€383k
€411k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€295k – €453k
€366k – €441k
Sales (24m)
191
94
Price momentum (YoY)
-7.4%
+39.7%
New-build share
10.9%
38.2%
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
9 prim · 4 sec
3 prim · 1 sec
Droichead Nua (Newbridge) · 13 schools (largest first)
Patrician Secondary School Secondary
917 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Newbridge College Secondary
915 pupils · 95% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
Holy Family Secondary School Secondary
777 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Conleth's Community College Secondary
753 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Na Naomh Uilig Primary
586 pupils · Catholic
Newbridge Educate Together Ns Primary
412 pupils · Multi Denominational
Scoil Mhuire Primary
387 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Ballymany Junior Ns Primary
351 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Conleths And Marys N S Primary
345 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Chill Dara Primary
304 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Chonnla Phadraig Primary
304 pupils · Catholic
S N Connlaodh Naofa N Primary
291 pupils · Catholic
St Patricks N S Primary
204 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
Kildare · 4 schools (largest first)
Kildare Town Community School Secondary
1,021 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School Primary
1,012 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Kildare Town Educate Together Ns Primary
420 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha Primary
215 pupils · Multi Denominational
Creches
20
6
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
10
5
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
42
12
Rail / Luas stops
1
1
Gyms & leisure
15
4
Parks & playgrounds
5
2
Sports pitches
39
12
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.
Dublin
45m · ~80 rush
49m · ~85 rush
Waterford
90m · ~105 rush
94m · ~110 rush
Limerick
104m · ~120 rush
99m · ~115 rush
Galway
143m · ~165 rush
137m · ~160 rush
Cork
144m · ~165 rush
138m · ~160 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.3
-4.3
Droichead Nua (Newbridge) · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-6Droichead Nua (newbridge) UrbanBelow average
0MorristownbillerBelow average
+5Droichead Nua (newbridge) RuralAffluent
Kildare · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4KildareBelow average
Third-level educated
38.0%
33.1%
Professional class
35.5%
31.7%
Unemployment
9.4%
9.8%
Owner-occupier
66.5%
64.1%
Private rental
19.1%
15.7%
Social housing (LA)
10.2%
13.2%
Liveability & safety● AREA · W12 / R51
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Droichead Nua (Newbridge)W12, KildareR51); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
66/100
57/100
National rank
#35
#93
County rank
#2
#5
Safety
63/100
63/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
55.1

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.

Droichead Nua (Newbridge) Below average-2.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Droichead Nua (newbridge) Urban -6 (least affluent) → Droichead Nua (newbridge) Rural +5 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Kildare Below average-4.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Kildare) — 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 (Kildare) — 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 111 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Droichead Nua (Newbridge)Kildare
The verdict

Droichead Nua (Newbridge) is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 6 of the 7 dimensions to Kildare’s 0, with 1 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport, affordability and access to its nearest city. Kildare doesn’t lead on any.

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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