Town comparison · Enniscorthy vs Gorey

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Enniscorthy or Gorey?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 53 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford · Y21 · 11,220 people | Gorey, Co. Wexford · Y25 · 11,269 people

Enniscorthy and Gorey are closely matched. Each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level.

Enniscorthy leads on
public transportaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Gorey leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenities
141821

Enniscorthy aheadlevel or not comparableGorey ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
EnniscorthyGorey
iEnniscorthy sits in Y21, Gorey in Y25. 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.

Enniscorthy
Gorey

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.

11,220
Population
11,269

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€265k
Median sale pricelower is better
€334k
Enniscorthy leads
€185k – €318k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€277k – €395k
631
Sales (24m)
838
-12.7%
Price momentum (YoY)
+2.4%
14.1%
New-build share
30.2%

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.

4 prim · 4 sec
Schools
5 prim · 3 sec
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
Gorey · 8 schools (largest first)
Gorey Community School Secondary
1,536 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Creagh College Secondary
1,067 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Gorey Educate Together Secondary School Secondary
260 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Bunscoil Loreto Primary
641 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Naomh Ioseph Primary
514 pupils · Catholic
Gorey Educate Together Ns Primary
373 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gorey Central School Primary
244 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Gaelscoil Mhoshiolog Primary
153 pupils · Multi Denominational
14
Creches
15
Gorey leads
4
GP practices
1
Enniscorthy leads
9
Pharmacies
8
Enniscorthy leads
1
Hospitals
1
51
Bus stops
19
Enniscorthy leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
12
Gyms & leisure
14
Gorey leads
7
Parks & playgrounds
7
27
Sports pitches
35
Gorey 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.

13
Restaurants
20
Gorey leads
9
Cafés
14
Gorey leads
17
Pubs & bars
15
Enniscorthy leads
13
Takeaways
18
Gorey leads
1
Nightclubs
0
Enniscorthy leads
1
Cinema & theatre
3
Gorey leads
208
Residents per venuelower is better
161
Gorey leads
#31 of 65 large towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#25 of 65 large towns
Gorey 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.

5
Supermarkets
6
Gorey leads
8
Convenience shops
10
Gorey leads
6
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Enniscorthy leads
4
Banks
4
2
Post offices
1
Enniscorthy leads
20
Hairdressers
17
Enniscorthy leads
1
Dentists
5
Gorey leads
0
Vets
0
6
Filling stations
7
Gorey leads
9
EV charging
7
Enniscorthy leads
3
Library & community centre
4
Gorey leads
175
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
179
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.

49m · ~65 rush
Waterfordlower is better
71m · ~85 rush
Enniscorthy leads
95m · ~130 rush
Dublinlower is better
73m · ~110 rush
Gorey leads
145m · ~165 rush
Corklower is better
168m · ~190 rush
Enniscorthy leads
158m · ~175 rush
Limericklower is better
172m · ~190 rush
Enniscorthy leads
203m · ~225 rush
Galwaylower is better
201m · ~225 rush
Gorey leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-13.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.7
Gorey leads
Enniscorthy · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-20Enniscorthy UrbanVery disadvantaged
-17Enniscorthy UrbanVery disadvantaged
-13Enniscorthy RuralDisadvantaged
-11Enniscorthy RuralDisadvantaged
Gorey · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-11Gorey UrbanDisadvantaged
-8Gorey RuralDisadvantaged
-7Gorey UrbanBelow average
-5Gorey RuralBelow average
-2CourtownBelow average
-1CourtownBelow average
22.1%
Third-level educated
30.1%
Gorey leads
23.2%
Professional class
28.7%
Gorey leads
21.2%
Unemploymentlower is better
15.4%
Gorey leads
54.8%
Owner-occupier
61.9%
Gorey leads
23.1%
Private rental
23.7%
17.2%
Social housing (LA)
10.1%

Liveability & safety

AREA · Y21 / Y25

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (EnniscorthyY21, GoreyY25); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

63/100
Quality of Life
63/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (Y21 / Y25) 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.

EnniscorthyGoreyOverall (avg)
Safety63646364
Affordability9689
Infrastructure8859
Family7876
Education2030
Environment6482
Economic3038
020406080100020406080100
#62
National rank
#62
#2
County rank
#2
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.

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.
Gorey Below average-7.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Gorey Urban -11 (least affluent) → Courtown -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 (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 83 CSO Small Areas.

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