Town comparison · Killorglin vs Waterville-Spunkane

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Killorglin or Waterville-Spunkane?

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.

Killorglin, Co. Kerry · V93 · 2,163 people | Waterville-Spunkane, Co. Kerry · V23 · 555 people

Killorglin is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Waterville-Spunkane’s 1, with 4 level.

Killorglin leads on
schools & amenitiesaccess to its nearest city
Waterville-Spunkane leads on
affordability
241711

Killorglin aheadlevel or not comparableWaterville-Spunkane ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KillorglinWaterville-Spunkane
iKillorglin sits in V93, Waterville-Spunkane in V23. 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.

Killorglin
Waterville-Spunkane

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.

2,163
Population
555

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€283k
Median sale pricelower is better
€211k
Waterville-Spunkane leads
€190k – €368k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€101k – €310k
90
Sales (24m)
4
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
8.9%
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 · 2 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Killorglin leads
Killorglin · 3 schools (largest first)
The Intermediate School Secondary
623 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Community College Killorglin Secondary
288 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Mhuire B Primary
362 pupils · Catholic
Waterville-Spunkane · 1 schools (largest first)
St Finians Primary
107 pupils · Catholic
2
Creches
1
Killorglin leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
2
Waterville-Spunkane leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
8
Gyms & leisure
1
Killorglin leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
1
Killorglin leads
8
Sports pitches
6
Killorglin 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.

10
Restaurants
7
Killorglin leads
4
Cafés
3
Killorglin leads
5
Pubs & bars
4
Killorglin leads
1
Takeaways
0
Killorglin leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
108
Residents per venuelower is better
40
Waterville-Spunkane 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.

4
Supermarkets
0
Killorglin leads
1
Convenience shops
2
Waterville-Spunkane leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Killorglin leads
3
Banks
0
Killorglin leads
1
Post offices
1
3
Hairdressers
0
Killorglin leads
2
Dentists
0
Killorglin leads
0
Vets
0
3
Filling stations
1
Killorglin leads
1
EV charging
0
Killorglin leads
4
Library & community centre
1
Killorglin leads
87
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
93
Killorglin 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.

92m · ~115 rush
Corklower is better
137m · ~160 rush
Killorglin leads
108m · ~125 rush
Limericklower is better
157m · ~175 rush
Killorglin leads
177m · ~200 rush
Galwaylower is better
227m · ~250 rush
Killorglin leads
186m · ~200 rush
Waterfordlower is better
235m · ~250 rush
Killorglin leads
237m · ~270 rush
Dublinlower is better
287m · ~320 rush
Killorglin leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-4.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.4
Waterville-Spunkane leads
Killorglin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6KillorglinBelow average
-3KillorglinBelow average
Waterville-Spunkane · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-7EmlaghBelow average
-6LoughcurraneBelow average
-3EmlaghBelow average
+2LoughcurraneAbove average
32.8%
Third-level educated
31.6%
Killorglin leads
32.4%
Professional class
34.1%
Waterville-Spunkane leads
11.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
9.3%
Waterville-Spunkane leads
66.4%
Owner-occupier
80.5%
Waterville-Spunkane leads
18.0%
Private rental
8.1%
11.4%
Social housing (LA)
9.1%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V93 / V23

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KillorglinV93, Waterville-SpunkaneV23); safety & crime are the Kerry Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

70/100
Quality of Life
74/100
Waterville-Spunkane leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V93 / V23) 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.

KillorglinWaterville-SpunkaneOverall (avg)
Safety70727472
Affordability8991
Infrastructure8988
Family7885
Education4156
Environment8282
Economic4244
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#18
National ranklower is better
#3
Waterville-Spunkane leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#1
Waterville-Spunkane leads
72/100
Safety
72/100
42.6
Crime / 1,000
42.6

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.

Killorglin Below average-4.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Killorglin -6 (least affluent) → Killorglin -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Waterville-Spunkane Below average-4.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Emlagh -7 (least affluent) → Loughcurrane +2 (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 (Kerry), 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 14 CSO Small Areas.

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