Kildare town vs NaasTown 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, Naas in W91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kildare town
Naas

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
Naas
Co. Kildare · in W91 · pop · 96 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€410k
€460k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€370k – €441k
€339k – €546k
Sales (24m)
170
332
Price momentum (YoY)
+68.2%
+11.9%
New-build share
37.1%
11.6%
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 · 4 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
Naas · 11 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Naomh Mhuire Secondary
1,084 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Meánscoil Iognáid Ris Secondary
1,016 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Naas Community College Secondary
907 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Gael-choláiste Chill Dara Secondary
402 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Bríd Primary
628 pupils · Catholic
Mercy Convent Primary School Primary
598 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Chorbain Primary
498 pupils · Catholic
An Linbh Iosa Primary
430 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Nas Na Riogh Primary
402 pupils · Inter Denominational
Naas Community National School Primary
343 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Davids Ns Primary
94 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
8
20
GP practices
0
4
Pharmacies
5
8
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
23
44
Rail / Luas stops
1
1
Gyms & leisure
7
12
Parks & playgrounds
6
15
Sports pitches
27
48
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
37m · ~70 rush
Waterford
95m · ~110 rush
90m · ~105 rush
Limerick
99m · ~115 rush
112m · ~130 rush
Galway
137m · ~160 rush
145m · ~170 rush
Cork
138m · ~160 rush
151m · ~175 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.3
6.1
Kildare town · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4KildareBelow average
Naas · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+6Naas UrbanAffluent
+8Naas RuralAffluent
Third-level educated
33.1%
55.5%
Professional class
31.7%
50.4%
Unemployment
9.8%
6.2%
Owner-occupier
64.1%
70.9%
Private rental
15.7%
20.2%
Social housing (LA)
13.2%
6.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R51 / W91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Kildare townR51, NaasW91); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
57/100
66/100
National rank
#93
#35
County rank
#5
#2
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.
Naas Affluent+6.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Naas Urban +6 (least affluent) → Naas Rural +8 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is 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 131 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportAffordabilityDublin access
Kildare townNaas
The verdict

Naas 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.