Town comparison · Kilmainham vs Navan

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Kilmainham or Navan?

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.

Kilmainham, Co. Meath · A82 · 362 people | Navan, Co. Meath · C15 · 35,754 people

Navan is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Kilmainham’s 3.

Kilmainham leads on
safetyaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Navan leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transport
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Kilmainham aheadlevel or not comparableNavan ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KilmainhamNavan
iKilmainham sits in A82, Navan in C15. 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.

Kilmainham
Navan

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.

362
Population
35,754

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€272k
Median sale pricelower is better
€355k
Kilmainham leads
€195k – €461k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€280k – €410k
16
Sales (24m)
925
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+14.0%
N/A
New-build share
21.8%

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 · 0 sec
Schools
2 prim · 0 sec
Navan leads
Kilmainham · 1 schools (largest first)
Kilmainham Wood N S Primary
121 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Navan · 2 schools (largest first)
Scoil Bhríde Primary
386 pupils · Catholic
S N Nmh Sheosamh Primary
141 pupils · Catholic
1
Creches
4
Navan leads
N/A
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
8
Bus stops
13
Navan leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
3
Navan leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
1
Navan leads
4
Sports pitches
58
Navan 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
0
2
Cafés
0
Kilmainham leads
2
Pubs & bars
2
0
Takeaways
0
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
91
Residents per venuelower is better
17,877
Kilmainham 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.

0
Supermarkets
0
0
Convenience shops
6
Navan leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
0
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
5
Navan leads
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
0
N/A
Residents per shop or service
3,250

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.

9m · ~20 rush
Dublinlower is better
48m · ~85 rush
Kilmainham leads
111m · ~125 rush
Waterfordlower is better
145m · ~160 rush
Kilmainham leads
132m · ~150 rush
Limericklower is better
166m · ~185 rush
Kilmainham leads
141m · ~165 rush
Galwaylower is better
148m · ~170 rush
Kilmainham leads
172m · ~195 rush
Corklower is better
205m · ~225 rush
Kilmainham leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-10.4
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-3.2
Navan leads
Kilmainham · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11KilmainhamDisadvantaged
-10KilmainhamDisadvantaged
Navan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Navan UrbanBelow average
-2Navan RuralBelow average
21.9%
Third-level educated
36.6%
Navan leads
30.2%
Professional class
35.3%
Navan leads
11.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.3%
Navan leads
75.9%
Owner-occupier
66.2%
Kilmainham leads
11.7%
Private rental
19.8%
7.7%
Social housing (LA)
10.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · A82 / C15

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KilmainhamA82, NavanC15); safety & crime are the Cavan/Monaghan Garda division.

62/100
Quality of Life
57/100
Kilmainham leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A82 / C15) 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.

KilmainhamNavanOverall (avg)
Safety62745747
Affordability9480
Infrastructure2629
Family8379
Education4250
Environment8466
Economic3448
020406080100020406080100
#66
National ranklower is better
#93
Kilmainham leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#3
Kilmainham leads
74/100
Safety
47/100
Kilmainham leads
40
Crime / 1,000lower is better
76
Kilmainham leads

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.

Kilmainham Disadvantaged-10.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilmainham -11 (least affluent) → Kilmainham -10 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Navan Below average-3.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Navan Urban -8 (least affluent) → Navan Rural -2 (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 (Cavan/Monaghan), 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 111 CSO Small Areas.

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The stronger town on the data.

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