Town comparison · Kilkee vs Kilkishen

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Kilkee or Kilkishen?

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.

Kilkee, Co. Clare · V15 · 976 people | Kilkishen, Co. Clare · V95 · 651 people

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

Kilkishen leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaccess to its nearest city
161917

Kilkee aheadlevel or not comparableKilkishen ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KilkeeKilkishen
iKilkee sits in V15, Kilkishen in V95. 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.

Kilkee
Kilkishen

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.

976
Population
651

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€240k
Median sale pricelower is better
€236k
Kilkishen leads
€169k – €322k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€65k – €276k
107
Sales (24m)
12
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
3.7%
New-build share
N/A

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
Kilkee leads
Kilkee · 2 schools (largest first)
St Joseph's Community College Secondary
171 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Realt Na Mara Primary
129 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Kilkishen · 1 schools (largest first)
Kilkishen N S Primary
136 pupils · Catholic
2
Creches
1
Kilkee leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
0
Kilkee leads
0
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
4
Kilkishen leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
Kilkishen leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
0
Kilkee leads
8
Sports pitches
1
Kilkee 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.

6
Restaurants
0
Kilkee leads
1
Cafés
0
Kilkee leads
8
Pubs & bars
1
Kilkee leads
3
Takeaways
0
Kilkee leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
54
Residents per venuelower is better
651
Kilkee 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.

1
Supermarkets
0
Kilkee leads
1
Convenience shops
0
Kilkee leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Kilkee leads
0
Banks
0
1
Post offices
0
Kilkee leads
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
1
Kilkishen leads
1
EV charging
0
Kilkee leads
1
Library & community centre
1
163
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
326
Kilkee 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.

82m · ~100 rush
Limericklower is better
29m · ~45 rush
Kilkishen leads
106m · ~130 rush
Galwaylower is better
69m · ~95 rush
Kilkishen leads
162m · ~185 rush
Corklower is better
108m · ~130 rush
Kilkishen leads
196m · ~210 rush
Waterfordlower is better
142m · ~155 rush
Kilkishen leads
216m · ~250 rush
Dublinlower is better
162m · ~195 rush
Kilkishen leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-14.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.2
Kilkishen leads
Kilkee · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-18KilkeeVery disadvantaged
-11KilkeeDisadvantaged
Kilkishen · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KilkishenBelow average
-6KilkishenBelow average
25.9%
Third-level educated
31.2%
Kilkishen leads
24.4%
Professional class
34.8%
Kilkishen leads
22.9%
Unemploymentlower is better
12.7%
Kilkishen leads
60.6%
Owner-occupier
82.8%
Kilkishen leads
15.1%
Private rental
8.7%
17.2%
Social housing (LA)
6.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V15 / V95

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KilkeeV15, KilkishenV95); safety & crime are the Clare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

53/100
Quality of Life
70/100
Kilkishen leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V15 / V95) 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.

KilkeeKilkishenOverall (avg)
Safety53687068
Affordability10091
Infrastructure2265
Family8181
Education1852
Environment6080
Economic2552
020406080100020406080100
#103
National ranklower is better
#18
Kilkishen leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#1
Kilkishen leads
68/100
Safety
68/100
48.8
Crime / 1,000
48.8

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.

Kilkee Disadvantaged-14.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilkee -18 (least affluent) → Kilkee -11 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Kilkishen Below average-6.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilkishen -7 (least affluent) → Kilkishen -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is 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 (Clare), 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.

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