HacketstownCo. Carlow vs Muinebeag (Bagenalstown)Co. CarlowTown level

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

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iHacketstown sits in R93, Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) in R21. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Hacketstown
Muinebeag (Bagenalstown)

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

TOWNS
Hacketstown
Co. CARLOW · in R93 · pop · 2 small areas
Muinebeag (Bagenalstown)
Co. CARLOW · in R21 · pop · 10 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€215k
€233k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€198k – €223k
€219k – €336k
Sales (24m)
3
9
Price momentum (YoY)
-8.9%
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
1 prim · 1 sec
3 prim · 2 sec
Hacketstown · 2 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Eoin Secondary
365 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Josephs Ns Primary
138 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) · 5 schools (largest first)
Presentation / De La Salle College Secondary
763 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Aindriú Secondary
140 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Queen Of Universe N S Primary
267 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Bridgets Monastery Boys Senior School Primary
127 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Marys N S Primary
98 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
2
3
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
1
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
3
3
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
0
1
Parks & playgrounds
0
4
Sports pitches
0
4
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
84m · ~100 rush
49m · ~65 rush
Dublin
80m · ~115 rush
81m · ~115 rush
Limerick
139m · ~155 rush
122m · ~140 rush
Cork
170m · ~190 rush
135m · ~155 rush
Galway
180m · ~205 rush
171m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10.7
-12.1
Hacketstown · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-11HacketstownDisadvantaged
Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-12Muinebeag UrbanDisadvantaged
Third-level educated
22.7%
23.5%
Professional class
26.4%
21.1%
Unemployment
9.9%
11.1%
Owner-occupier
71.5%
59.3%
Private rental
10.5%
13.2%
Social housing (LA)
15.3%
21.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R93 / R21
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (HacketstownR93, Muinebeag (Bagenalstown)R21); safety & crime are the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
62/100
61/100
National rank
#66
#25
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.

Hacketstown Disadvantaged-10.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Hacketstown) — below the national average.
Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Disadvantaged-12.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Muinebeag Urban) — 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 12 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
HacketstownMuinebeag (Bagenalstown)
The verdict

Hacketstown and Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) are closely matched — each leads on 1 of the 7 dimensions, with 5 level. Hacketstown is ahead on affluence; Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) on access to its nearest city.

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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