KenmareCo. Kerry vs Waterville-SpunkaneCo. 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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iKenmare sits in V93, Waterville-Spunkane in V23. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kenmare
Waterville-Spunkane

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
Waterville-Spunkane
Co. KERRY · in V23 · pop 555 · 4 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€300k
€211k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€250k – €427k
€101k – €310k
Sales (24m)
142
4
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
Waterville-Spunkane · 1 schools (largest first)
St Finians Primary
107 pupils · Catholic
Creches
3
1
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
2
1
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
137m · ~160 rush
Limerick
129m · ~145 rush
157m · ~175 rush
Waterford
181m · ~195 rush
235m · ~250 rush
Galway
199m · ~225 rush
227m · ~250 rush
Dublin
248m · ~285 rush
287m · ~320 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.3
-2.1
Kenmare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-2KenmareBelow average
-1KenmareBelow average
Waterville-Spunkane · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-3EmlaghBelow average
+2LoughcurraneAbove average
Third-level educated
40.1%
36.6%
Professional class
36.7%
38.7%
Unemployment
10.0%
8.2%
Owner-occupier
56.7%
80.5%
Private rental
26.7%
8.6%
Social housing (LA)
12.1%
8.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · V93 / V23
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KenmareV93, Waterville-SpunkaneV23); safety & crime are the Kerry Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
70/100
74/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V93 / V23) 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.

KenmareWaterville-SpunkaneOverall (avg)
Safety70727472
Affordability8991
Infrastructure8988
Family7885
Education4156
Environment8282
Economic4244
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#18
#3
County rank
#2
#1
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.
Waterville-Spunkane Below average-2.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Emlagh -3 (least affluent) → Loughcurrane +2 (most affluent). It straddles 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 17 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KenmareWaterville-Spunkane
The verdict

Kenmare is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Waterville-Spunkane’s 1, with 4 level: education levels and access to its nearest city. Waterville-Spunkane 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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