KenmareCo. Kerry vs KilgarvanCo. KerryTown 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 V93 — 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.
Kenmare
Kilgarvan

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

TOWNS
Kenmare
Co. KERRY · in V93 · pop 2,566 · 13 small areas
Kilgarvan
Co. KERRY · in V93 · pop 264 · 1 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€300k
€221k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€250k – €427k
€154k – €251k
Sales (24m)
142
12
Price momentum (YoY)
+144.5%
New-build share
20.8%
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
1 prim · 0 sec
Kenmare · 2 schools (largest first)
Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine Secondary
614 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Johns Ns Primary
404 pupils · Catholic
Kilgarvan · 1 schools (largest first)
Kilgarvan Central Schl Primary
104 pupils · Catholic
Creches
3
1
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
2
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
1
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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.
Cork
80m · ~100 rush
69m · ~90 rush
Limerick
129m · ~145 rush
122m · ~140 rush
Waterford
181m · ~195 rush
169m · ~185 rush
Galway
199m · ~225 rush
191m · ~215 rush
Dublin
248m · ~285 rush
237m · ~270 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.3
-7.1
Kenmare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-2KenmareBelow average
-1KenmareBelow average
Kilgarvan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9KilgarvanDisadvantaged
-5KilgarvanBelow average
Third-level educated
40.1%
29.1%
Professional class
36.7%
32.9%
Unemployment
10.0%
10.7%
Owner-occupier
56.7%
85.1%
Private rental
26.7%
5.0%
Social housing (LA)
12.1%
2.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · V93 / V93
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KenmareV93, KilgarvanV93); safety & crime are the Kerry Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
70/100
70/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V93 / V93) 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.

KenmareKilgarvanOverall (avg)
Safety70727072
Affordability8989
Infrastructure8989
Family7878
Education4141
Environment8282
Economic4242
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#18
#18
County rank
#2
#2
Safety
72/100
72/100
Crime / 1,000
42.6
42.6

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.

Kenmare Below average-1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kenmare -2 (least affluent) → Kenmare -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Kilgarvan Below average-7.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilgarvan -9 (least affluent) → Kilgarvan -5 (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 (Kerry) — 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 14 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KenmareKilgarvan
The verdict

Kenmare and Kilgarvan are closely matched — each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level. Kenmare is ahead on affluence and education levels; Kilgarvan on affordability and 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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