FreshfordCo. Kilkenny vs PiltownCo. KilkennyTown level

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

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iFreshford sits in A12, Piltown in E32. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Freshford
Piltown

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

TOWNS
Freshford
Co. KILKENNY · in A12 · pop 1,978 · 2 small areas
Piltown
Co. KILKENNY · in E32 · pop · 6 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€312k
€290k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€200k – €417k
€241k – €390k
Sales (24m)
35
51
Price momentum (YoY)
-27.8%
-9.1%
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
0 prim · 0 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Freshford · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Piltown · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Baile An Phiull Primary
270 pupils · Catholic
Creches
1
2
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
0
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
0
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
4
Parks & playgrounds
1
2
Sports pitches
1
10
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
56m · ~70 rush
23m · ~35 rush
Limerick
93m · ~110 rush
102m · ~120 rush
Cork
101m · ~125 rush
100m · ~120 rush
Dublin
100m · ~135 rush
120m · ~155 rush
Galway
145m · ~170 rush
173m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.7
-2.5
Freshford · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-9FreshfordDisadvantaged
Piltown · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-2PilltownBelow average
Third-level educated
26.0%
34.3%
Professional class
32.9%
33.0%
Unemployment
10.2%
8.2%
Owner-occupier
75.4%
71.6%
Private rental
9.9%
12.4%
Social housing (LA)
11.3%
12.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A12 / E32
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (FreshfordA12, PiltownE32); safety & crime are the Cork City Garda division.
Quality of Life
50/100
60/100
National rank
#28
#81
County rank
#7
#6
Safety
61/100
56/100
Crime / 1,000
58.8
64.9

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.

Freshford Disadvantaged-8.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Freshford) — below the national average.
Piltown Below average-2.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Pilltown) — 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 (Cork City) — 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 8 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
FreshfordPiltown
The verdict

Piltown is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Freshford’s 1, with 1 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, affordability and access to its nearest city. Freshford leads on safety.

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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