KildareCo. Kildare vs SligoCo. SligoTown 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, Sligo in F91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kildare
Sligo

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
Sligo
Co. SLIGO · in F91 · pop · 82 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€396k
€245k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€322k – €473k
€175k – €330k
Sales (24m)
2,397
1,232
Price momentum (YoY)
+39.7%
+0.5%
New-build share
38.2%
27.8%
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
5 prim · 3 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
Sligo · 8 schools (largest first)
Mercy College Secondary
676 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Ursuline College Secondary
632 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Ballinode College Secondary
246 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Ursula Primary
444 pupils · Catholic
Our Lady Of Mercy N S Primary
437 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Edwards N S Primary
204 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Brendans Ns Primary
185 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Sligo Project School Primary
47 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Creches
6
24
GP practices
0
3
Pharmacies
5
14
Hospitals
0
3
Bus stops
12
83
Rail / Luas stops
1
1
Gyms & leisure
4
19
Parks & playgrounds
2
13
Sports pitches
12
34
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
164m · ~200 rush
Waterford
94m · ~110 rush
239m · ~255 rush
Limerick
99m · ~115 rush
168m · ~185 rush
Galway
137m · ~160 rush
122m · ~145 rush
Cork
138m · ~160 rush
247m · ~270 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.3
-4
Kildare · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4KildareBelow average
Sligo · 5 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Sligo EastBelow average
-6Sligo NorthBelow average
-2Sligo WestBelow average
+4KilmacowenAffluent
+6KnockareeAffluent
Third-level educated
33.1%
40.4%
Professional class
31.7%
31.8%
Unemployment
9.8%
11.4%
Owner-occupier
64.1%
50.4%
Private rental
15.7%
30.0%
Social housing (LA)
13.2%
15.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R51 / F91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KildareR51, SligoF91); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division.
Quality of Life
57/100
71/100
National rank
#93
#10
County rank
#5
#1
Safety
63/100
75/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
37.3

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.
Sligo Below average-4.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Sligo East -8 (least affluent) → Knockaree +6 (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 111 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KildareSligo
The verdict

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

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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