Town comparison · Kilbrittain vs Midleton

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Kilbrittain or Midleton?

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.

Kilbrittain, Co. Cork · P72 · 238 people | Midleton, Co. Cork · P25 · 13,475 people

Midleton is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Kilbrittain’s 3.

Kilbrittain leads on
affluenceeducation levelssafety
Midleton leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
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Kilbrittain aheadlevel or not comparableMidleton ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KilbrittainMidleton
iKilbrittain sits in P72, Midleton in P25. 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.

Kilbrittain
Midleton

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.

238
Population
13,475

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€440k
Median sale pricelower is better
€368k
Midleton leads
€300k – €840k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€304k – €419k
15
Sales (24m)
829
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+18.9%
N/A
New-build share
56.9%

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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
5 prim · 4 sec
Midleton leads
Kilbrittain · 1 schools (largest first)
Kilbrittain Mixed N S Primary
206 pupils · Catholic
Midleton · 9 schools (largest first)
St Colman's Community College Secondary
1,125 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Christian Brothers Secondary School Secondary
949 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Mary's High School Secondary
760 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Midleton College Secondary
484 pupils · 85% to 3rd-level · CHURCH OF IRELANDFee-paying
Midleton Educate Together School Primary
570 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Mhainistir Na Corann Primary
561 pupils · Catholic
Midleton Convent N S Primary
288 pupils · Catholic
Midleton Cbs Primary School Primary
201 pupils · Catholic
St John The Baptist N S Primary
198 pupils · Church Of Ireland
2
Creches
17
Midleton leads
N/A
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
7
Midleton leads
0
Hospitals
1
Midleton leads
2
Bus stops
24
Midleton leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Midleton leads
1
Gyms & leisure
19
Midleton leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
9
Midleton leads
3
Sports pitches
30
Midleton 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
10
Midleton leads
1
Cafés
7
Midleton leads
1
Pubs & bars
9
Midleton leads
0
Takeaways
5
Midleton leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Midleton leads
119
Residents per venuelower is better
408
Kilbrittain 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.

0
Supermarkets
4
Midleton leads
0
Convenience shops
6
Midleton leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Midleton leads
0
Banks
3
Midleton leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
3
Midleton leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
2
Midleton leads
0
Filling stations
5
Midleton leads
0
EV charging
3
Midleton leads
1
Library & community centre
4
Midleton leads
119
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
408
Kilbrittain 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.

42m · ~65 rush
Corklower is better
22m · ~35 rush
Midleton leads
142m · ~155 rush
Waterfordlower is better
88m · ~100 rush
Midleton leads
128m · ~145 rush
Limericklower is better
104m · ~120 rush
Midleton leads
198m · ~220 rush
Galwaylower is better
175m · ~200 rush
Midleton leads
212m · ~245 rush
Dublinlower is better
182m · ~215 rush
Midleton leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
1.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.7
Kilbrittain leads
Kilbrittain · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+1KilbrittainAbove average
+3KilbrittainAbove average
Midleton · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Midleton UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Midleton UrbanBelow average
-2CloyneBelow average
0Midleton RuralBelow average
+2CloyneAbove average
+4Midleton RuralAbove average
43.9%
Third-level educated
38.9%
Kilbrittain leads
43.6%
Professional class
35.1%
Kilbrittain leads
7.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.3%
Kilbrittain leads
73.6%
Owner-occupier
61.5%
Kilbrittain leads
13.7%
Private rental
26.1%
9.1%
Social housing (LA)
10.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · P72 / P25

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KilbrittainP72, MidletonP25); safety & crime are the Cork West Garda division.

70/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Kilbrittain leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (P72 / P25) 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.

KilbrittainMidletonOverall (avg)
Safety70896656
Affordability8482
Infrastructure5245
Family8378
Education5360
Environment6682
Economic6062
020406080100020406080100
#18
National ranklower is better
#35
Kilbrittain leads
#5
County ranklower is better
#9
Kilbrittain leads
89/100
Safety
56/100
Kilbrittain leads
17.3
Crime / 1,000lower is better
67
Kilbrittain leads

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.

Kilbrittain Above average+1.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilbrittain +1 (least affluent) → Kilbrittain +3 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Midleton Below average-1.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Midleton Urban -9 (least affluent) → Midleton Rural +4 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Cork West), 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 47 CSO Small Areas.

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