Town comparison · Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch vs Thomastown

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Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch or Thomastown?

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.

Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch, Co. Kilkenny · R95 · 1,506 people | Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny · R95 · 2,305 people

Thomastown is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch’s 1, with 2 level.

Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads on
affordability
Thomastown leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiesaccess to its nearest city
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Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch aheadlevel or not comparableThomastown ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Graiguenamanagh-TinnahinchThomastown
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. 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.

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

Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch
Thomastown

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.

1,506
Population
2,305

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€210k
Median sale pricelower is better
€348k
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
€193k – €246k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€259k – €396k
10
Sales (24m)
114
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
28.9%

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.

2 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch · 3 schools (largest first)
Duiske College Secondary
139 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Muire Gan Smal Primary
138 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Graig Na Manach Buac Primary
76 pupils · CatholicDEIS
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
1
Creches
4
Thomastown leads
N/A
GP practices
1
2
Pharmacies
3
Thomastown leads
0
Hospitals
2
Thomastown leads
3
Bus stops
2
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Thomastown leads
2
Gyms & leisure
3
Thomastown leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
4
Thomastown leads
6
Sports pitches
22
Thomastown 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.

3
Restaurants
5
Thomastown leads
2
Cafés
4
Thomastown leads
9
Pubs & bars
8
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
2
Takeaways
4
Thomastown leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Thomastown leads
94
Residents per venuelower is better
105
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch 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.

2
Supermarkets
2
2
Convenience shops
1
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Thomastown leads
1
Banks
1
1
Post offices
1
2
Hairdressers
3
Thomastown leads
0
Dentists
0
1
Vets
2
Thomastown leads
1
Filling stations
1
2
EV charging
7
Thomastown leads
3
Library & community centre
2
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
100
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
110
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch 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.

46m · ~60 rush
Waterfordlower is better
34m · ~50 rush
Thomastown leads
102m · ~135 rush
Dublinlower is better
100m · ~135 rush
Thomastown leads
134m · ~150 rush
Limericklower is better
122m · ~140 rush
Thomastown leads
139m · ~160 rush
Corklower is better
124m · ~145 rush
Thomastown leads
183m · ~205 rush
Galwaylower is better
171m · ~195 rush
Thomastown leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-9.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.2
Thomastown leads
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-13GraiguenamanaghDisadvantaged
-9TinnahinchDisadvantaged
-8TinnahinchDisadvantaged
-8GraiguenamanaghBelow average
Thomastown · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Jerpoint ChurchBelow average
-5Jerpoint ChurchBelow average
-2ThomastownBelow average
0ThomastownBelow average
26.7%
Third-level educated
34.2%
Thomastown leads
30.4%
Professional class
40.1%
Thomastown leads
15.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
9.0%
Thomastown leads
73.9%
Owner-occupier
67.1%
Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch leads
9.7%
Private rental
12.8%
11.5%
Social housing (LA)
7.7%

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 (Graiguenamanagh-TinnahinchR95, ThomastownR95); safety & crime are the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (R95 / R95) 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.

Graiguenamanagh-TinnahinchThomastownOverall (avg)
Safety66626662
Affordability8989
Infrastructure6565
Family7878
Education4343
Environment7777
Economic4949
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#35
National rank
#35
#1
County rank
#1
62/100
Safety
62/100
57.6
Crime / 1,000
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.

Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch Disadvantaged-9.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Graiguenamanagh -13 (least affluent) → Graiguenamanagh -8 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Thomastown Below average-2.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Jerpoint Church -8 (least affluent) → Thomastown 0 (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 (Kilkenny/Carlow), 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 16 CSO Small Areas.

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