KilcooleCo. Wicklow vs RathnewCo. WicklowTown level

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

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iKilcoole sits in A63, Rathnew in A67. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kilcoole
Rathnew

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

TOWNS
Kilcoole
Co. WICKLOW · in A63 · pop · 13 small areas
Rathnew
Co. WICKLOW · in A67 · pop · 9 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€530k
€306k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€373k – €740k
€291k – €353k
Sales (24m)
39
32
Price momentum (YoY)
-9.7%
-4.2%
New-build share
33.3%
4.0%
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
2 prim · 0 sec
Kilcoole · 2 schools (largest first)
Colaiste Chraobh Abhann Secondary
774 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Kilcoole Primary School Primary
575 pupils · Catholic
Rathnew · 2 schools (largest first)
St Coen's National School Primary
319 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin Primary
251 pupils · Inter Denominational
Creches
6
3
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
2
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
13
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
7
3
Parks & playgrounds
2
0
Sports pitches
1
5
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.
Dublin
40m · ~75 rush
47m · ~80 rush
Waterford
109m · ~125 rush
97m · ~110 rush
Limerick
156m · ~175 rush
164m · ~180 rush
Galway
168m · ~190 rush
175m · ~200 rush
Cork
195m · ~215 rush
194m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.9
1.3
Kilcoole · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+5KilcooleAffluent
Rathnew · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+1Wicklow RuralAbove average
Third-level educated
54.6%
45.4%
Professional class
53.2%
47.7%
Unemployment
6.3%
8.5%
Owner-occupier
74.2%
73.3%
Private rental
17.1%
10.6%
Social housing (LA)
6.7%
10.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A63 / A67
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KilcooleA63, RathnewA67); safety & crime are the Wicklow Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
71/100
61/100
National rank
#10
#77
County rank
#1
#4
Safety
70/100
70/100
Crime / 1,000
43.8
43.8

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.

Kilcoole Affluent+4.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Kilcoole) — above the national average.
Rathnew Above average+1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Wicklow Rural) — above 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 (Wicklow) — 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 22 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KilcooleRathnew
The verdict

Kilcoole is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Rathnew’s 1, with 1 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city. Rathnew 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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