Kildare town vs LeixlipTown level

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

iKildare town sits in R51, Leixlip in W23. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kildare town
Leixlip

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

TOWNS
Kildare town
Co. Kildare · in R51 · pop · 35 small areas
Leixlip
Co. Kildare · in W23 · pop · 57 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€410k
€436k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€370k – €441k
€388k – €460k
Sales (24m)
170
231
Price momentum (YoY)
+68.2%
+3.7%
New-build share
37.1%
13.2%
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
3 prim · 1 sec
7 prim · 2 sec
Kildare town · 4 schools (largest first)
Kildare Town Community School Secondary
1,021 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School Primary
1,012 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Kildare Town Educate Together Ns Primary
420 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha Primary
215 pupils · Multi Denominational
Leixlip · 9 schools (largest first)
Confey Community College Secondary
911 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Coláiste Chiaráin Secondary
638 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil C.ui Dhalaigh Primary
381 pupils · Catholic
San Carlo Senior N S Primary
312 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Bhride Primary
306 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Mhuire Primary
298 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Eoin Phoil Primary
272 pupils · Catholic
San Carlo Junior Ns Primary
263 pupils · Catholic
Leixlip Educate Together National School Primary
179 pupils · Multi Denominational
Creches
8
17
GP practices
0
6
Pharmacies
5
6
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
23
49
Rail / Luas stops
1
2
Gyms & leisure
7
9
Parks & playgrounds
6
5
Sports pitches
27
31
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
49m · ~85 rush
24m · ~50 rush
Waterford
95m · ~110 rush
115m · ~130 rush
Limerick
99m · ~115 rush
136m · ~155 rush
Galway
137m · ~160 rush
131m · ~155 rush
Cork
138m · ~160 rush
175m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.3
3.4
Kildare town · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4KildareBelow average
Leixlip · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+3LeixlipAbove average
Third-level educated
33.1%
49.2%
Professional class
31.7%
50.1%
Unemployment
9.8%
6.3%
Owner-occupier
64.1%
78.9%
Private rental
15.7%
12.7%
Social housing (LA)
13.2%
5.5%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R51 / W23
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Kildare townR51, LeixlipW23); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
57/100
68/100
National rank
#93
#27
County rank
#5
#1
Safety
63/100
63/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
55.1

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.

Kildare town Below average-4.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Kildare) — below the national average.
Leixlip Above average+3.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Leixlip) — 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 (Kildare) — 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 92 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportAffordabilityDublin access
Kildare townLeixlip
The verdict

Leixlip is the stronger town on the data — ahead on 5 of 6 dimensions: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and the Dublin commute. Kildare town’s edge is affordability.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, affordability and Dublin access, scored head-to-head.