KilmacthomasCo. Waterford vs PortlawCo. WaterfordTown level

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

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iKilmacthomas sits in X42, Portlaw in X91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kilmacthomas
Portlaw

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

TOWNS
Kilmacthomas
Co. WATERFORD · in X42 · pop · 3 small areas
Portlaw
Co. WATERFORD · in X91 · pop · 5 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€228k
€205k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€180k – €358k
€173k – €309k
Sales (24m)
38
34
Price momentum (YoY)
+60.2%
+72.7%
New-build share
0.0%
0.0%
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
1 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Kilmacthomas · 2 schools (largest first)
St Declan's Community College Secondary
817 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Choill Mhic Thomaisin Primary
145 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Portlaw · 1 schools (largest first)
Portlaw N.s. Primary
209 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
1
1
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
1
4
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
0
Parks & playgrounds
1
1
Sports pitches
1
1
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
28m · ~40 rush
23m · ~35 rush
Cork
86m · ~110 rush
98m · ~120 rush
Limerick
115m · ~135 rush
107m · ~125 rush
Dublin
134m · ~170 rush
129m · ~165 rush
Galway
186m · ~210 rush
178m · ~200 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.6
-5.9
Kilmacthomas · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-9KilmacthomasDisadvantaged
Portlaw · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-6PortlawBelow average
Third-level educated
25.1%
29.3%
Professional class
26.9%
27.7%
Unemployment
10.4%
8.3%
Owner-occupier
64.3%
72.4%
Private rental
14.7%
15.3%
Social housing (LA)
17.0%
10.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · X42 / X91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KilmacthomasX42, PortlawX91); safety & crime are the Waterford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
72/100
65/100
National rank
#8
#49
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
51/100
51/100
Crime / 1,000
75.8
75.8

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.

Kilmacthomas Disadvantaged-8.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Kilmacthomas) — below the national average.
Portlaw Below average-5.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Portlaw) — 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 (Waterford) — 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 8 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KilmacthomasPortlaw
The verdict

Portlaw is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Kilmacthomas’s 0, with 4 level: affluence, education levels and access to its nearest city. Kilmacthomas doesn’t lead on any.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.

Homes for sale in Portlaw — the stronger town on the data
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