GoresbridgeCo. Kilkenny vs ThomastownCo. 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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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area R95 — 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.
Goresbridge
Thomastown

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

TOWNS
Goresbridge
Co. KILKENNY · in R95 · pop 541 · 1 small areas
Thomastown
Co. KILKENNY · in R95 · pop 1,910 · 9 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€218k
€348k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€204k – €235k
€282k – €393k
Sales (24m)
6
43
Price momentum (YoY)
+103.4%
+56.2%
New-build share
60.0%
11.1%
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
1 prim · 0 sec
1 prim · 1 sec
Goresbridge · 1 schools (largest first)
Goresbridge N.s. Primary
75 pupils · Catholic
Thomastown · 2 schools (largest first)
Grennan College Secondary
334 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Mary's National School Primary
414 pupils · Catholic
Creches
1
4
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
1
3
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
1
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
2
Parks & playgrounds
0
2
Sports pitches
4
8
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
52m · ~65 rush
34m · ~50 rush
Dublin
89m · ~125 rush
100m · ~135 rush
Limerick
122m · ~140 rush
122m · ~140 rush
Cork
134m · ~155 rush
124m · ~145 rush
Galway
171m · ~195 rush
171m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10.5
-2.2
Goresbridge · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-10GoresbridgeDisadvantaged
Thomastown · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5Jerpoint ChurchBelow average
-2ThomastownBelow average
Third-level educated
26.9%
37.7%
Professional class
29.8%
38.8%
Unemployment
11.3%
8.3%
Owner-occupier
73.5%
67.1%
Private rental
7.4%
15.6%
Social housing (LA)
13.7%
12.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R95 / R95
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (GoresbridgeR95, ThomastownR95); safety & crime are the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
66/100
66/100
National rank
#35
#35
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
62/100
62/100
Crime / 1,000
57.6
57.6

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.

Goresbridge Disadvantaged-10.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Goresbridge) — below the national average.
Thomastown Below average-2.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Jerpoint Church -4 (least affluent) → Thomastown -2 (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 (Kilkenny/Carlow) — 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 10 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
GoresbridgeThomastown
The verdict

Thomastown is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Goresbridge’s 1, with 2 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and access to its nearest city. Goresbridge leads on affordability.

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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