Town comparison · Killucan-Rathwire vs Moate

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Killucan-Rathwire or Moate?

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.

Killucan-Rathwire, Co. Westmeath · N91 · 1,770 people | Moate, Co. Westmeath · N37 · 3,260 people

Moate is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Killucan-Rathwire’s 1, with 3 level.

Killucan-Rathwire leads on
access to its nearest city
Moate leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiesaffordability
41731

Killucan-Rathwire aheadlevel or not comparableMoate ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Killucan-RathwireMoate
iKillucan-Rathwire sits in N91, Moate in N37. 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.

Killucan-Rathwire
Moate

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.

1,770
Population
3,260

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€330k
Median sale pricelower is better
€275k
Moate leads
€306k – €360k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€214k – €331k
17
Sales (24m)
132
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
18.2%

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.

2 prim · 1 sec
Schools
2 prim · 1 sec
Killucan-Rathwire · 3 schools (largest first)
Columba College Secondary
297 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Naomh Iosef N S Primary
290 pupils · Catholic
S N Phadraig Primary
71 pupils · Catholic
Moate · 3 schools (largest first)
Moate Community School Secondary
910 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Brigid's Primary School Primary
224 pupils · Catholic
Bl Oliver Plunkett N S Primary
91 pupils · Catholic
1
Creches
3
Moate leads
N/A
GP practices
1
1
Pharmacies
2
Moate leads
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
4
Moate leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
1
0
Parks & playgrounds
4
Moate leads
9
Sports pitches
13
Moate 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
2
Moate leads
0
Cafés
6
Moate leads
4
Pubs & bars
9
Moate leads
2
Takeaways
4
Moate leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Moate leads
295
Residents per venuelower is better
148
Moate 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.

2
Supermarkets
1
Killucan-Rathwire leads
0
Convenience shops
6
Moate leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
3
Moate leads
0
Banks
1
Moate leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
6
Moate leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
1
Moate leads
0
Filling stations
2
Moate leads
0
EV charging
1
Moate leads
0
Library & community centre
3
Moate leads
590
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
130
Moate 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.

61m · ~95 rush
Dublinlower is better
80m · ~115 rush
Killucan-Rathwire leads
113m · ~135 rush
Galwaylower is better
75m · ~100 rush
Moate leads
139m · ~155 rush
Limericklower is better
102m · ~120 rush
Moate leads
142m · ~155 rush
Waterfordlower is better
134m · ~150 rush
Moate leads
187m · ~210 rush
Corklower is better
168m · ~190 rush
Moate leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-4.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.3
Moate leads
Killucan-Rathwire · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KillucanBelow average
-2KillucanBelow average
Moate · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6MoateBelow average
-3MoateBelow average
30.5%
Third-level educated
37.9%
Moate leads
33.1%
Professional class
33.5%
Moate leads
11.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
12.6%
Killucan-Rathwire leads
74.0%
Owner-occupier
64.8%
Killucan-Rathwire leads
15.3%
Private rental
21.9%
7.9%
Social housing (LA)
10.7%

Liveability & safety

AREA · N91 / N37

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Killucan-RathwireN91, MoateN37); safety & crime are the Westmeath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

58/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Moate leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (N91 / N37) 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.

Killucan-RathwireMoateOverall (avg)
Safety58316631
Affordability8994
Infrastructure5993
Family7976
Education3962
Environment7464
Economic3543
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#89
National ranklower is better
#35
Moate leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#1
Moate leads
31/100
Safety
31/100
99.2
Crime / 1,000
99.2

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.

Killucan-Rathwire Below average-4.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Killucan -7 (least affluent) → Killucan -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Moate Below average-4.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Moate -6 (least affluent) → Moate -3 (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 (Westmeath), 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 15 CSO Small Areas.

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