Droichead Nua (Newbridge)Co. Kildare vs NaasCo. 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, Naas in W91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Droichead Nua (Newbridge)
Naas

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
Naas
Co. KILDARE · in W91 · pop · 74 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€383k
€441k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€295k – €453k
€339k – €546k
Sales (24m)
191
243
Price momentum (YoY)
-7.4%
+2.2%
New-build share
10.9%
12.0%
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
9 prim · 4 sec
5 prim · 4 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
Naas · 9 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Naomh Mhuire Secondary
1,084 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Meánscoil Iognáid Ris Secondary
1,016 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Naas Community College Secondary
907 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Gael-choláiste Chill Dara Secondary
402 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Bríd Primary
628 pupils · Catholic
Mercy Convent Primary School Primary
598 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Chorbain Primary
498 pupils · Catholic
An Linbh Iosa Primary
430 pupils · Catholic
Naas Community National School Primary
343 pupils · Multi Denominational
Creches
20
17
GP practices
1
4
Pharmacies
10
7
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
42
30
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
15
11
Parks & playgrounds
5
12
Sports pitches
39
36
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
37m · ~70 rush
Waterford
90m · ~105 rush
90m · ~105 rush
Limerick
104m · ~120 rush
112m · ~130 rush
Galway
143m · ~165 rush
145m · ~170 rush
Cork
144m · ~165 rush
151m · ~175 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.3
5.9
Droichead Nua (Newbridge) · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-6Droichead Nua (newbridge) UrbanBelow average
0MorristownbillerBelow average
+5Droichead Nua (newbridge) RuralAffluent
Naas · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+6Naas UrbanAffluent
Third-level educated
38.0%
55.2%
Professional class
35.5%
50.3%
Unemployment
9.4%
6.2%
Owner-occupier
66.5%
70.9%
Private rental
19.1%
19.9%
Social housing (LA)
10.2%
7.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · W12 / W91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Droichead Nua (Newbridge)W12, NaasW91); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
66/100
66/100
National rank
#35
#35
County rank
#2
#2
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.
Naas Affluent+5.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Naas Urban) — above 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 156 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Droichead Nua (Newbridge)Naas
The verdict

Droichead Nua (Newbridge) and Naas are closely matched — each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level. Droichead Nua (Newbridge) is ahead on schools & amenities, public transport and affordability; Naas on affluence, education levels and 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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