Town comparison · Kildavin vs Rathvilly

Compare others

Kildavin or Rathvilly?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Kildavin, Co. Carlow · Y21 · 207 people | Rathvilly, Co. Carlow · R93 · 894 people

Kildavin is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Rathvilly’s 0, with 3 level.

Kildavin leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
123010

Kildavin aheadlevel or not comparableRathvilly ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KildavinRathvilly
iKildavin sits in Y21, Rathvilly in R93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

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

Kildavin
Rathvilly

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

207
Population
894

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€236k
Median sale pricelower is better
€322k
Kildavin leads
€193k – €244k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€280k – €353k
6
Sales (24m)
35
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
22.9%

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Kildavin · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Cill Damhain Primary
93 pupils · Catholic
Rathvilly · 1 schools (largest first)
St Patricks N S Primary
199 pupils · CatholicDEIS
1
Creches
3
Rathvilly leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
3
Rathvilly leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
2
Rathvilly leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
1
Sports pitches
10
Rathvilly leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

0
Restaurants
0
0
Cafés
0
0
Pubs & bars
4
Rathvilly leads
0
Takeaways
0
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
N/A
Residents per venue
224

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

0
Supermarkets
0
0
Convenience shops
0
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
0
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
1
Rathvilly leads
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
0
N/A
Residents per shop or service
894

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.

67m · ~80 rush
Waterfordlower is better
75m · ~90 rush
Kildavin leads
90m · ~125 rush
Dublinlower is better
72m · ~105 rush
Rathvilly leads
139m · ~155 rush
Limericklower is better
132m · ~150 rush
Rathvilly leads
160m · ~180 rush
Corklower is better
161m · ~185 rush
Kildavin leads
183m · ~205 rush
Galwaylower is better
173m · ~195 rush
Rathvilly leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-9.5
Kildavin leads
Kildavin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6ClonegallBelow average
-2ClonegallBelow average
Rathvilly · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-14RathvillyDisadvantaged
-11RathvillyDisadvantaged
-7RahillBelow average
+1RahillAbove average
28.6%
Third-level educated
24.2%
Kildavin leads
33.7%
Professional class
28.5%
Kildavin leads
7.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
14.8%
Kildavin leads
84.1%
Owner-occupier
72.4%
Kildavin leads
8.4%
Private rental
11.7%
5.9%
Social housing (LA)
11.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · Y21 / R93

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KildavinY21, RathvillyR93); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division.

63/100
Quality of Life
62/100
Kildavin leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (Y21 / R93) 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.

KildavinRathvillyOverall (avg)
Safety63646262
Affordability9696
Infrastructure8864
Family7870
Education2042
Environment6469
Economic3032
020406080100020406080100
#62
National ranklower is better
#66
Kildavin leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#1
Rathvilly leads
64/100
Safety
62/100
Kildavin leads
52.9
Crime / 1,000lower is better
57.6
Kildavin leads

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.

Kildavin Below average-3.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clonegall -6 (least affluent) → Clonegall -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Rathvilly Disadvantaged-9.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Rathvilly -14 (least affluent) → Rahill +1 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and 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.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (Wexford), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 4 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Kildavin

The stronger town on the data.

No active listings found in the boundary.

Compare somewhere else

Put any two Irish towns head to head, or step up to the wider Eircode areas.