Town comparison · Kilbeggan vs Kinnegad

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Kilbeggan or Kinnegad?

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.

Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath · N91 · 1,598 people | Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath · N91 · 2,289 people

Kilbeggan and Kinnegad are closely matched. Each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level.

Kilbeggan leads on
schools & amenitiesaffordability
Kinnegad leads on
education levelsaccess to its nearest city
162313

Kilbeggan aheadlevel or not comparableKinnegad ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KilbegganKinnegad
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area N91 — 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.

Kilbeggan
Kinnegad

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.

1,598
Population
2,289

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€270k
Median sale pricelower is better
€312k
Kilbeggan leads
€200k – €350k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€280k – €344k
41
Sales (24m)
54
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
0.0%
New-build share
0.0%

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.

1 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Kilbeggan leads
Kilbeggan · 2 schools (largest first)
Meán Scoil An Chlochair Secondary
720 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil An Chlochair Cill Bheagan Primary
227 pupils · Catholic
Kinnegad · 1 schools (largest first)
St Etchens National School Primary
411 pupils · Catholic
5
Creches
3
Kilbeggan leads
2
GP practices
1
Kilbeggan leads
1
Pharmacies
2
Kinnegad leads
0
Hospitals
0
4
Bus stops
2
Kilbeggan leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
2
4
Parks & playgrounds
1
Kilbeggan leads
8
Sports pitches
5
Kilbeggan 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.

0
Restaurants
0
0
Cafés
1
Kinnegad leads
5
Pubs & bars
4
Kilbeggan leads
3
Takeaways
6
Kinnegad leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
200
Residents per venuelower is better
208
Kilbeggan 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.

1
Supermarkets
3
Kinnegad leads
2
Convenience shops
2
2
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
1
Kinnegad leads
0
Hairdressers
1
Kinnegad leads
0
Dentists
1
Kinnegad leads
0
Vets
0
3
Filling stations
3
2
EV charging
3
Kinnegad leads
2
Library & community centre
0
Kilbeggan leads
133
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
143
Kilbeggan 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.

69m · ~105 rush
Dublinlower is better
51m · ~85 rush
Kinnegad leads
83m · ~105 rush
Galwaylower is better
103m · ~125 rush
Kilbeggan leads
110m · ~130 rush
Limericklower is better
129m · ~145 rush
Kilbeggan leads
123m · ~135 rush
Waterfordlower is better
132m · ~145 rush
Kilbeggan leads
157m · ~180 rush
Corklower is better
177m · ~200 rush
Kilbeggan leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.9
Kinnegad leads
Kilbeggan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KilbegganBelow average
-4KilbegganBelow average
Kinnegad · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8KinnegadDisadvantaged
-3KinnegadBelow average
28.3%
Third-level educated
30.3%
Kinnegad leads
29.3%
Professional class
30.1%
Kinnegad leads
13.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
13.4%
Kilbeggan leads
60.9%
Owner-occupier
68.6%
Kinnegad leads
22.5%
Private rental
21.6%
13.6%
Social housing (LA)
8.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · N91 / N91

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KilbegganN91, KinnegadN91); safety & crime are the Westmeath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

58/100
Quality of Life
58/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (N91 / N91) 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.

KilbegganKinnegadOverall (avg)
Safety58315831
Affordability8989
Infrastructure5959
Family7979
Education3939
Environment7474
Economic3535
020406080100020406080100
#89
National rank
#89
#2
County rank
#2
31/100
Safety
31/100
99.2
Crime / 1,000
99.2

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.

Kilbeggan Below average-6.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilbeggan -7 (least affluent) → Kilbeggan -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Kinnegad Below average-5.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kinnegad -8 (least affluent) → Kinnegad -3 (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 (Westmeath), 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 10 CSO Small Areas.

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