Town comparison · Kilfinane vs Patrickswell

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Kilfinane or Patrickswell?

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.

Kilfinane, Co. Limerick · V35 · 757 people | Patrickswell, Co. Limerick · V94 · 848 people

Patrickswell is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Kilfinane’s 1, with 4 level.

Kilfinane leads on
affordability
Patrickswell leads on
education levelsaccess to its nearest city
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Kilfinane aheadlevel or not comparablePatrickswell ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KilfinanePatrickswell
iKilfinane sits in V35, Patrickswell in V94. 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.

Kilfinane
Patrickswell

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.

757
Population
848

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€165k
Median sale pricelower is better
€375k
Kilfinane leads
€100k – €286k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€344k – €441k
30
Sales (24m)
76
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
0.0%
New-build share
68.4%

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 · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Kilfinane leads
Kilfinane · 2 schools (largest first)
Scoil Pól Secondary
721 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Kilfinane Convent Primary School Primary
136 pupils · Catholic
Patrickswell · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Tobar Padraig Primary
137 pupils · CatholicDEIS
1
Creches
1
N/A
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
6
Patrickswell leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
1
1
Parks & playgrounds
0
Kilfinane leads
8
Sports pitches
4
Kilfinane 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.

1
Restaurants
1
0
Cafés
0
4
Pubs & bars
1
Kilfinane leads
0
Takeaways
0
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
151
Residents per venuelower is better
424
Kilfinane leads

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
2
Convenience shops
2
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Patrickswell leads
0
Banks
0
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
2
Patrickswell leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
2
Patrickswell leads
0
EV charging
0
2
Library & community centre
0
Kilfinane leads
108
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
94
Patrickswell leads

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.

48m · ~65 rush
Limericklower is better
14m · ~25 rush
Patrickswell leads
65m · ~85 rush
Corklower is better
78m · ~100 rush
Kilfinane leads
118m · ~140 rush
Galwaylower is better
84m · ~110 rush
Patrickswell leads
102m · ~115 rush
Waterfordlower is better
124m · ~140 rush
Kilfinane leads
162m · ~195 rush
Dublinlower is better
144m · ~180 rush
Patrickswell leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.4
Kilfinane leads
Kilfinane · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10KilfinnaneDisadvantaged
-3KilfinnaneBelow average
Patrickswell · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-6PatrickswellBelow average
27.5%
Third-level educated
31.0%
Patrickswell leads
33.4%
Professional class
33.2%
Kilfinane leads
11.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.4%
Patrickswell leads
66.8%
Owner-occupier
80.2%
Patrickswell leads
14.4%
Private rental
8.5%
14.4%
Social housing (LA)
8.7%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V35 / V94

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KilfinaneV35, PatrickswellV94); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

57/100
Quality of Life
62/100
Patrickswell leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V35 / V94) 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.

KilfinanePatrickswellOverall (avg)
Safety57426242
Affordability10089
Infrastructure2683
Family8572
Education3246
Environment6562
Economic5040
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#93
National ranklower is better
#66
Patrickswell leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#1
Patrickswell leads
42/100
Safety
42/100
88.4
Crime / 1,000
88.4

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.

Kilfinane Below average-6.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilfinnane -10 (least affluent) → Kilfinnane -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Patrickswell Below average-6.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Patrickswell) — below 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 (Limerick), 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 7 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Patrickswell

The stronger town on the data.

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