KildareCo. Kildare vs NarraghmoreCo. KildareTown 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, Narraghmore in R14. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kildare
Narraghmore

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

TOWNS
Kildare
Co. KILDARE · in R51 · pop 9,057 · 29 small areas
Narraghmore
Co. KILDARE · in R14 · pop 618 · 2 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€400k
€418k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€325k – €475k
€300k – €488k
Sales (24m)
2,420
12
Price momentum (YoY)
+11.0%
+175.8%
New-build share
31.5%
0.0%
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
0 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
Narraghmore · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Creches
6
1
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
5
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
12
2
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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
54m · ~90 rush
Waterford
94m · ~110 rush
76m · ~90 rush
Limerick
99m · ~115 rush
115m · ~135 rush
Galway
137m · ~160 rush
150m · ~175 rush
Cork
138m · ~160 rush
154m · ~175 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.9
-0.6
Kildare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KildareBelow average
-4KildareBelow average
Narraghmore · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-2NarraghmoreBelow average
+1NarraghmoreAbove average
Third-level educated
30.0%
35.7%
Professional class
29.5%
45.8%
Unemployment
13.1%
8.2%
Owner-occupier
64.1%
84.8%
Private rental
19.0%
8.3%
Social housing (LA)
12.7%
3.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R51 / R14
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KildareR51, NarraghmoreR14); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
57/100
62/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (R51 / R14) 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.

KildareNarraghmoreOverall (avg)
Safety57636263
Affordability7694
Infrastructure4488
Family7471
Education3634
Environment6564
Economic3923
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#93
#66
County rank
#5
#4
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 Below average-5.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kildare -7 (least affluent) → Kildare -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Narraghmore Below average-0.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Narraghmore -2 (least affluent) → Narraghmore +1 (most affluent). It straddles 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 31 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KildareNarraghmore
The verdict

Kildare is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Narraghmore’s 2, with 2 level: public transport, affordability and access to its nearest city. Narraghmore leads on affluence and education levels.

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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