Town comparison · Ennis vs Kilfenora

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Ennis or Kilfenora?

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.

Ennis, Co. Clare · V95 · 25,276 people | Kilfenora, Co. Clare · V95 · 152 people

Ennis is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Kilfenora’s 1, with 1 level.

Ennis leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
Kilfenora leads on
affordability
33136

Ennis aheadlevel or not comparableKilfenora ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
EnnisKilfenora
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area V95 — 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. 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.

Ennis
Kilfenora

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.

25,276
Population
152

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€308k
Median sale pricelower is better
€180k
Kilfenora leads
€236k – €376k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€80k – €250k
699
Sales (24m)
13
+6.4%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
10.6%
New-build share
N/A

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.

10 prim · 4 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Ennis leads
Ennis · 14 schools (largest first)
St Flannan's College Secondary
1,273 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Mhuire Secondary
999 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Rice College Secondary
700 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Ennis Community College Secondary
612 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Bunscoil Na Mbraithre Primary
648 pupils · Catholic
Ennis N S Primary
622 pupils · Catholic
Gael Sc Mhichil Chiosog Primary
471 pupils · Catholic
Barefield Mixed N S Primary
399 pupils · Catholic
Clarecastle National School Primary
356 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Holy Family Snr Primary
296 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Cnoc An Ein Primary
266 pupils · Catholic
Chriost Ri Primary
235 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Holy Family Junior School Primary
185 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Ennis Educate Together Ns Primary
149 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Kilfenora · 1 schools (largest first)
St Fachnan & St Attractas N S Primary
64 pupils · Catholic
29
Creches
2
Ennis leads
5
GP practices
N/A
17
Pharmacies
0
Ennis leads
4
Hospitals
0
Ennis leads
54
Bus stops
2
Ennis leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Ennis leads
26
Gyms & leisure
0
Ennis leads
13
Parks & playgrounds
0
Ennis leads
52
Sports pitches
2
Ennis 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.

34
Restaurants
1
Ennis leads
29
Cafés
1
Ennis leads
32
Pubs & bars
3
Ennis leads
25
Takeaways
0
Ennis leads
1
Nightclubs
0
Ennis leads
2
Cinema & theatre
0
Ennis leads
205
Residents per venuelower is better
30
Kilfenora 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.

9
Supermarkets
0
Ennis leads
30
Convenience shops
2
Ennis leads
17
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Ennis leads
6
Banks
0
Ennis leads
3
Post offices
1
Ennis leads
43
Hairdressers
0
Ennis leads
10
Dentists
0
Ennis leads
6
Vets
0
Ennis leads
15
Filling stations
1
Ennis leads
8
EV charging
0
Ennis leads
12
Library & community centre
0
Ennis leads
159
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
38
Kilfenora 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.

36m · ~55 rush
Limericklower is better
61m · ~80 rush
Ennis leads
59m · ~85 rush
Galwaylower is better
70m · ~95 rush
Ennis leads
116m · ~140 rush
Corklower is better
140m · ~160 rush
Ennis leads
150m · ~165 rush
Waterfordlower is better
174m · ~190 rush
Ennis leads
170m · ~205 rush
Dublinlower is better
186m · ~220 rush
Ennis leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.4
Ennis leads
Ennis · 16 EDs, poorest → richest
-18Ennis No. 2 UrbanVery disadvantaged
-16Ennis No. 1 UrbanDisadvantaged
-13Ennis No. 2 UrbanDisadvantaged
-11Ennis No. 1 UrbanDisadvantaged
-11Ennis No. 4 UrbanDisadvantaged
-8Ennis No. 3 UrbanDisadvantaged
-7Ennis No. 3 UrbanBelow average
-7Ennis No. 4 UrbanBelow average
-2Ennis RuralBelow average
-1ClareabbeyBelow average
+0TemplemaleyAbove average
+1Ennis RuralAbove average
+1ClareabbeyAbove average
+4DooraAbove average
+5TemplemaleyAffluent
+5DooraAffluent
Kilfenora · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9KilfenoraDisadvantaged
-1KilfenoraBelow average
39.1%
Third-level educated
35.7%
Ennis leads
35.3%
Professional class
38.5%
Kilfenora leads
13.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
12.4%
Kilfenora leads
63.2%
Owner-occupier
78.0%
Kilfenora leads
23.7%
Private rental
8.0%
10.5%
Social housing (LA)
13.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V95 / V95

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (EnnisV95, KilfenoraV95); safety & crime are the Clare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

70/100
Quality of Life
70/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V95 / V95) 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.

EnnisKilfenoraOverall (avg)
Safety70687068
Affordability9191
Infrastructure6565
Family8181
Education5252
Environment8080
Economic5252
020406080100020406080100
#18
National rank
#18
#1
County rank
#1
68/100
Safety
68/100
48.8
Crime / 1,000
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.

Ennis Below average-3.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ennis No. 2 Urban -18 (least affluent) → Doora +5 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Kilfenora Below average-5.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilfenora -9 (least affluent) → Kilfenora -1 (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 (Clare), 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 99 CSO Small Areas.

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