Town comparison · Ferrybank vs Tramore

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Ferrybank or Tramore?

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 | Tramore, Co. Waterford · X91 · 10,796 people

Tramore is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Ferrybank’s 1, with 2 level.

Ferrybank leads on
affordability
Tramore leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transport
181618

Ferrybank aheadlevel or not comparableTramore ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
FerrybankTramore
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area X91 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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
Tramore

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
10,796

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€260k
Median sale pricelower is better
€332k
Ferrybank leads
€199k – €301k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€266k – €415k
138
Sales (24m)
342
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
-6.2%
9.4%
New-build share
31.0%

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
4 prim · 1 sec
Tramore 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
Tramore · 5 schools (largest first)
Ardscoil Na Mara Secondary
1,213 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Holy Cross School Primary
588 pupils · Catholic
Glor Na Mara Ns Primary
380 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Philib Barún Primary
189 pupils · Catholic
Tramore Educate Together National School Primary
172 pupils · Multi Denominational
1
Creches
10
Tramore leads
2
GP practices
1
Ferrybank leads
4
Pharmacies
5
Tramore leads
0
Hospitals
0
18
Bus stops
43
Tramore leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Ferrybank leads
4
Gyms & leisure
18
Tramore leads
8
Parks & playgrounds
6
Ferrybank leads
11
Sports pitches
24
Tramore 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.

18
Restaurants
8
Ferrybank leads
8
Cafés
12
Tramore leads
21
Pubs & bars
12
Ferrybank leads
10
Takeaways
10
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
15
Residents per venuelower is better
257
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
4
Tramore leads
7
Convenience shops
4
Ferrybank leads
2
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Ferrybank leads
2
Banks
3
Tramore leads
2
Post offices
0
Ferrybank leads
11
Hairdressers
4
Ferrybank leads
4
Dentists
0
Ferrybank leads
1
Vets
2
Tramore leads
2
Filling stations
4
Tramore leads
1
EV charging
7
Tramore leads
4
Library & community centre
5
Tramore leads
24
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
318
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
15m · ~25 rush
Ferrybank leads
107m · ~130 rush
Corklower is better
108m · ~130 rush
Ferrybank leads
118m · ~155 rush
Dublinlower is better
131m · ~165 rush
Ferrybank leads
120m · ~140 rush
Limericklower is better
127m · ~145 rush
Ferrybank leads
189m · ~215 rush
Galwaylower is better
198m · ~220 rush
Ferrybank leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-10.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.6
Tramore leads
Ferrybank · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-15FerrybankDisadvantaged
-7FerrybankBelow average
Tramore · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-5TramoreBelow average
-2TramoreBelow average
+1IslandikaneAbove average
+8IslandikaneAffluent
26.8%
Third-level educated
39.0%
Tramore leads
24.5%
Professional class
39.5%
Tramore leads
14.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.6%
Tramore leads
70.6%
Owner-occupier
74.0%
Tramore leads
12.5%
Private rental
14.2%
11.3%
Social housing (LA)
9.8%

Liveability & safety

AREA · X91 / X91

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (FerrybankX91, TramoreX91); safety & crime are the Waterford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

65/100
Quality of Life
65/100

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

FerrybankTramoreOverall (avg)
Safety65516551
Affordability100100
Infrastructure9494
Family6666
Education3232
Environment8282
Economic3131
020406080100020406080100
#50
National rank
#50
#1
County rank
#1
51/100
Safety
51/100
75.8
Crime / 1,000
75.8

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.

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.
Tramore Below average-2.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tramore -5 (least affluent) → Islandikane +8 (most affluent). It straddles 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 43 CSO Small Areas.

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