Town comparison · Ennistimon vs Kilrush

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Ennistimon or Kilrush?

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.

Ennistimon, Co. Clare · V95 · 1,137 people | Kilrush, Co. Clare · V15 · 2,790 people

Ennistimon is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Kilrush’s 2, with 2 level.

Ennistimon leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaccess to its nearest city
Kilrush leads on
schools & amenitiesaffordability
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Ennistimon aheadlevel or not comparableKilrush ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
EnnistimonKilrush
iEnnistimon sits in V95, Kilrush in V15. 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.

Ennistimon
Kilrush

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.

1,137
Population
2,790

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€265k
Median sale pricelower is better
€206k
Kilrush leads
€189k – €300k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€135k – €290k
9
Sales (24m)
177
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
1.1%

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.

2 prim · 1 sec
Schools
2 prim · 1 sec
Ennistimon · 3 schools (largest first)
Ennistymon Community School Secondary
700 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Mol An Óige Community National School Primary
149 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Ennistymon National School Primary
64 pupils · CatholicDEIS
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
3
Creches
5
Kilrush leads
1
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
1
Ennistimon leads
1
Hospitals
0
Ennistimon leads
4
Bus stops
5
Kilrush leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
1
0
Parks & playgrounds
1
Kilrush leads
6
Sports pitches
14
Kilrush 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.

1
Restaurants
2
Kilrush leads
2
Cafés
2
7
Pubs & bars
4
Ennistimon leads
3
Takeaways
2
Ennistimon leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
87
Residents per venuelower is better
279
Ennistimon 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.

2
Supermarkets
3
Kilrush leads
4
Convenience shops
0
Ennistimon leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
3
3
Banks
3
1
Post offices
2
Kilrush leads
3
Hairdressers
2
Ennistimon leads
0
Dentists
0
1
Vets
1
2
Filling stations
2
1
EV charging
2
Kilrush leads
2
Library & community centre
1
Ennistimon leads
52
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
147
Ennistimon 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.

58m · ~75 rush
Limericklower is better
69m · ~85 rush
Ennistimon leads
78m · ~100 rush
Galwaylower is better
93m · ~115 rush
Ennistimon leads
137m · ~160 rush
Corklower is better
149m · ~170 rush
Ennistimon leads
171m · ~185 rush
Waterfordlower is better
183m · ~195 rush
Ennistimon leads
192m · ~225 rush
Dublinlower is better
203m · ~240 rush
Ennistimon leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-5.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-16.7
Ennistimon leads
Ennistimon · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9EnnistimonDisadvantaged
-2EnnistimonBelow average
Kilrush · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-18Kilrush UrbanVery disadvantaged
-15Kilrush UrbanDisadvantaged
36.9%
Third-level educated
22.8%
Ennistimon leads
33.8%
Professional class
24.9%
Ennistimon leads
13.7%
Unemploymentlower is better
24.4%
Ennistimon leads
62.9%
Owner-occupier
58.4%
Ennistimon leads
20.7%
Private rental
18.9%
12.8%
Social housing (LA)
17.7%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V95 / V15

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (EnnistimonV95, KilrushV15); safety & crime are the Clare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

70/100
Quality of Life
53/100
Ennistimon leads

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

EnnistimonKilrushOverall (avg)
Safety70685368
Affordability91100
Infrastructure6522
Family8181
Education5218
Environment8060
Economic5225
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#18
National ranklower is better
#103
Ennistimon leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Ennistimon leads
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.

Ennistimon Below average-5.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ennistimon -9 (least affluent) → Ennistimon -2 (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 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 17 CSO Small Areas.

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