Town comparison · Ferrybank vs Lismore

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Ferrybank or Lismore?

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.

Ferrybank, Co. Waterford · X91 · 862 people | Lismore, Co. Waterford · P51 · 1,347 people

Ferrybank is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Lismore’s 3.

Ferrybank leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Lismore leads on
affluenceeducation levelssafety
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Ferrybank aheadlevel or not comparableLismore ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
FerrybankLismore
iFerrybank sits in X91, Lismore in P51. 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.
!Ferrybank is a city suburb — its boundary follows the postal area (the Small Areas whose addresses carry the name), not an official settlement line, so it can run broader than the local core and the figures cover that wider postal patch.

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

Ferrybank
Lismore

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.

862
Population
1,347

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€260k
Median sale pricelower is better
€275k
Ferrybank leads
€199k – €301k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€176k – €313k
138
Sales (24m)
67
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
9.4%
New-build share
0.0%

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.

3 prim · 1 sec
Schools
2 prim · 1 sec
Ferrybank leads
Ferrybank · 4 schools (largest first)
Abbey Community College Secondary
998 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Waterpark N S Primary
237 pupils · Catholic
S N Muire An Port Mor Primary
213 pupils · Catholic
Our Lady Of Good Counsel Gns Primary
198 pupils · Catholic
Lismore · 3 schools (largest first)
Blackwater Community School Secondary
964 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Bunscoil Bhothar Na Naomh Primary
301 pupils · Catholic
S N Lios Mor Mochuda Primary
24 pupils · Church Of Ireland
1
Creches
3
Lismore leads
2
GP practices
N/A
4
Pharmacies
1
Ferrybank leads
0
Hospitals
0
18
Bus stops
2
Ferrybank leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Ferrybank leads
4
Gyms & leisure
3
Ferrybank leads
8
Parks & playgrounds
3
Ferrybank leads
11
Sports pitches
11

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.

18
Restaurants
3
Ferrybank leads
8
Cafés
4
Ferrybank leads
21
Pubs & bars
4
Ferrybank leads
10
Takeaways
0
Ferrybank leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
15
Residents per venuelower is better
122
Ferrybank 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.

0
Supermarkets
1
Lismore leads
7
Convenience shops
2
Ferrybank leads
2
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Ferrybank leads
2
Banks
1
Ferrybank leads
2
Post offices
1
Ferrybank leads
11
Hairdressers
1
Ferrybank leads
4
Dentists
0
Ferrybank leads
1
Vets
1
2
Filling stations
1
Ferrybank leads
1
EV charging
1
4
Library & community centre
1
Ferrybank leads
24
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
135
Ferrybank 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.

5m · ~10 rush
Waterfordlower is better
64m · ~80 rush
Ferrybank leads
107m · ~130 rush
Corklower is better
57m · ~80 rush
Lismore leads
120m · ~140 rush
Limericklower is better
101m · ~120 rush
Lismore leads
118m · ~155 rush
Dublinlower is better
168m · ~205 rush
Ferrybank leads
189m · ~215 rush
Galwaylower is better
171m · ~195 rush
Lismore leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-10.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.6
Lismore leads
Ferrybank · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-15FerrybankDisadvantaged
-7FerrybankBelow average
Lismore · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Lismore UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Lismore RuralBelow average
-2Lismore RuralBelow average
-1Lismore UrbanBelow average
26.8%
Third-level educated
32.1%
Lismore leads
24.5%
Professional class
32.4%
Lismore leads
14.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.6%
Lismore leads
70.6%
Owner-occupier
67.7%
Ferrybank leads
12.5%
Private rental
15.6%
11.3%
Social housing (LA)
11.6%

Liveability & safety

AREA · X91 / P51

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (FerrybankX91, LismoreP51); safety & crime are the Waterford Garda division.

65/100
Quality of Life
64/100
Ferrybank leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (X91 / P51) 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.

FerrybankLismoreOverall (avg)
Safety65516456
Affordability10099
Infrastructure9457
Family6682
Education3241
Environment8266
Economic3149
020406080100020406080100
#50
National ranklower is better
#58
Ferrybank leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#12
Ferrybank leads
51/100
Safety
56/100
Lismore leads
75.8
Crime / 1,000lower is better
67
Lismore leads

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.

Ferrybank Disadvantaged-10.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ferrybank -15 (least affluent) → Ferrybank -7 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Lismore Below average-4.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Lismore Urban -9 (least affluent) → Lismore Urban -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 (Waterford), 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 10 CSO Small Areas.

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