FernsCo. Wexford vs GoreyCo. WexfordTown level

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

Compare other towns
iFerns sits in Y21, Gorey in Y25. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ferns
Gorey

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

TOWNS
Ferns
Co. WEXFORD · in Y21 · pop · 6 small areas
Gorey
Co. WEXFORD · in Y25 · pop · 38 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€303k
€330k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€181k – €384k
€275k – €394k
Sales (24m)
62
812
Price momentum (YoY)
+12.5%
New-build share
0.0%
21.1%
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
2 prim · 0 sec
5 prim · 2 sec
Ferns · 2 schools (largest first)
Naomh Maodhog N.s. Primary
301 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Edans N S Primary
30 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Gorey · 7 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
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
Creches
5
13
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
1
8
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
1
17
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
0
9
Parks & playgrounds
1
5
Sports pitches
0
23
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.
Waterford
54m · ~70 rush
71m · ~85 rush
Dublin
86m · ~120 rush
73m · ~110 rush
Cork
151m · ~175 rush
168m · ~190 rush
Limerick
158m · ~175 rush
172m · ~190 rush
Galway
201m · ~225 rush
201m · ~225 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10.8
-5.7
Ferns · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-11FernsDisadvantaged
Gorey · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Gorey UrbanBelow average
-5Gorey RuralBelow average
-1CourtownBelow average
Third-level educated
23.8%
33.2%
Professional class
25.6%
31.3%
Unemployment
13.4%
11.4%
Owner-occupier
58.0%
61.9%
Private rental
17.2%
22.1%
Social housing (LA)
18.6%
10.4%
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 (FernsY21, GoreyY25); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
63/100
63/100
National rank
#62
#62
County rank
#2
#2
Safety
64/100
64/100
Crime / 1,000
52.9
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.

Ferns Disadvantaged-10.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Ferns) — below the national average.
Gorey Below average-5.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Gorey Urban -7 (least affluent) → Courtown -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is 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 (Wexford) — 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 44 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
FernsGorey
The verdict

Gorey is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Ferns’s 2, with 1 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and public transport. Ferns leads on affordability 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.

Compare other towns