KilkennyCo. Kilkenny vs ThomastownCo. KilkennyTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area R95 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kilkenny
Thomastown

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

TOWNS
Kilkenny
Co. KILKENNY · in R95 · pop · 97 small areas
Thomastown
Co. KILKENNY · in R95 · pop 1,910 · 9 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€360k
€348k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€286k – €456k
€282k – €393k
Sales (24m)
99
43
Price momentum (YoY)
-9.4%
+56.2%
New-build share
24.9%
11.1%
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
10 prim · 7 sec
1 prim · 1 sec
Kilkenny · 17 schools (largest first)
Loreto Secondary School Secondary
994 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Kilkenny College Secondary
919 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CHURCH OF IRELAND
Presentation Secondary School Secondary
902 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Meánscoil Na Mbráithre Criostaí Secondary
836 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Kieran's College Secondary
802 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
City Vocational School Secondary
311 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Coláiste Pobail Osraí Secondary
222 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Canices Central N S Primary
645 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Osrai Primary
442 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Mhuire Primary
420 pupils · Catholic
S N Padraig Naofa Primary
341 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Naomh Eoin Dea Primary
331 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Iognaid De Ris Primary
255 pupils · Catholic
Kilkenny School Project Primary
240 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Johns Infants N S Primary
223 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Johns Senior Ns Primary
216 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Kilkenny Mixed N S Primary
208 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Thomastown · 2 schools (largest first)
Grennan College Secondary
334 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Mary's National School Primary
414 pupils · Catholic
Creches
27
4
GP practices
17
1
Pharmacies
18
3
Hospitals
4
2
Bus stops
86
2
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
29
2
Parks & playgrounds
38
2
Sports pitches
105
8
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.
Waterford
40m · ~55 rush
34m · ~50 rush
Dublin
93m · ~130 rush
100m · ~135 rush
Limerick
106m · ~125 rush
122m · ~140 rush
Cork
117m · ~140 rush
124m · ~145 rush
Galway
155m · ~180 rush
171m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.1
-2.2
Kilkenny · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-5Kilkenny No. 1 UrbanBelow average
-3Kilkenny No. 2 UrbanBelow average
-1Kilkenny RuralBelow average
Thomastown · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5Jerpoint ChurchBelow average
-2ThomastownBelow average
Third-level educated
43.7%
37.7%
Professional class
39.2%
38.8%
Unemployment
10.1%
8.3%
Owner-occupier
58.1%
67.1%
Private rental
23.1%
15.6%
Social housing (LA)
14.1%
12.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R95 / R95
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KilkennyR95, ThomastownR95); safety & crime are the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
66/100
66/100
National rank
#35
#35
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
62/100
62/100
Crime / 1,000
57.6
57.6

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.

Kilkenny Below average-2.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilkenny No. 1 Urban -5 (least affluent) → Kilkenny Rural -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Thomastown Below average-2.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Jerpoint Church -4 (least affluent) → Thomastown -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below 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 (Kilkenny/Carlow) — 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 106 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KilkennyThomastown
The verdict

Kilkenny is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Thomastown’s 2, with 2 level: education levels, schools & amenities and public transport. Thomastown leads on affordability and 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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