FernsCo. Wexford vs New RossCo. WexfordTown level

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

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iFerns sits in Y21, New Ross in Y34. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ferns
New Ross

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
New Ross
Co. WEXFORD · in Y34 · pop 2,796 · 34 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€303k
€195k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€181k – €384k
€135k – €270k
Sales (24m)
62
341
Price momentum (YoY)
-0.6%
New-build share
0.0%
0.0%
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
2 prim · 0 sec
2 prim · 5 sec
Ferns · 2 schools (largest first)
Naomh Maodhog N.s. Primary
301 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Edans N S Primary
30 pupils · Church Of Ireland
New Ross · 7 schools (largest first)
Good Counsel College Secondary
763 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Mary's Secondary School Secondary
713 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Christian Brothers Secondary School Secondary
413 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Kennedy College Secondary
196 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Our Lady Of Lourdes Secondary School Secondary
194 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Canice S Convent Primary
189 pupils · CatholicDEIS
New Ross Educate Together National School Primary
130 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Creches
5
5
GP practices
0
3
Pharmacies
1
6
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
1
30
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
9
Parks & playgrounds
1
7
Sports pitches
0
27
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
26m · ~40 rush
Dublin
86m · ~120 rush
118m · ~155 rush
Cork
151m · ~175 rush
122m · ~145 rush
Limerick
158m · ~175 rush
136m · ~155 rush
Galway
201m · ~225 rush
197m · ~220 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10.8
-11.6
Ferns · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-11FernsDisadvantaged
New Ross · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-16New Ross UrbanDisadvantaged
-7New Ross RuralBelow average
-6Rosbercon UrbanBelow average
Third-level educated
23.8%
27.1%
Professional class
25.6%
22.6%
Unemployment
13.4%
16.3%
Owner-occupier
58.0%
48.2%
Private rental
17.2%
28.4%
Social housing (LA)
18.6%
18.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · Y21 / Y34
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (FernsY21, New RossY34); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
63/100
62/100
National rank
#62
#66
County rank
#2
#4
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.
New Ross Disadvantaged-11.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: New Ross Urban -16 (least affluent) → Rosbercon Urban -6 (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 40 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
FernsNew Ross
The verdict

New Ross is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Ferns’s 0, with 2 level: education levels, schools & amenities, public transport, affordability and access to its nearest city. Ferns doesn’t lead on any.

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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