KildareCo. Kildare vs LouthCo. LouthTown level

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

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iKildare sits in R51, Louth in A91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kildare
Louth

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

TOWNS
Kildare
Co. KILDARE · in R51 · pop · 29 small areas
Louth
Co. LOUTH · in A91 · pop · 3 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€396k
€275k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€322k – €473k
€210k – €335k
Sales (24m)
2,397
1,093
Price momentum (YoY)
+39.7%
+39.1%
New-build share
38.2%
25.0%
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
3 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Kildare · 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
Louth · 1 schools (largest first)
St. Mochta's National School Primary
154 pupils · Catholic
Creches
6
2
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
5
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
12
2
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
4
0
Parks & playgrounds
2
0
Sports pitches
12
1
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
66m · ~100 rush
Waterford
94m · ~110 rush
171m · ~185 rush
Limerick
99m · ~115 rush
193m · ~210 rush
Galway
137m · ~160 rush
179m · ~205 rush
Cork
138m · ~160 rush
232m · ~255 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.3
-2.3
Kildare · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4KildareBelow average
Louth · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-2LouthBelow average
Third-level educated
33.1%
37.0%
Professional class
31.7%
36.1%
Unemployment
9.8%
7.2%
Owner-occupier
64.1%
78.9%
Private rental
15.7%
8.9%
Social housing (LA)
13.2%
10.6%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R51 / A91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KildareR51, LouthA91); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division.
Quality of Life
57/100
67/100
National rank
#93
#31
County rank
#5
#1
Safety
63/100
54/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
68

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 Below average-4.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Kildare) — below the national average.
Louth Below average-2.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Louth) — below 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 32 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KildareLouth
The verdict

Kildare is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Louth’s 3: schools & amenities, public transport, safety and access to its nearest city. Louth leads on affluence, education levels and 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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