Town comparison · Kilmore Quay vs Rosslare

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Kilmore Quay or Rosslare?

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.

Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford · Y35 · 235 people | Rosslare, Co. Wexford · Y35 · 1,611 people

Rosslare is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Kilmore Quay’s 1, with 3 level.

Kilmore Quay leads on
affluence
Rosslare leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaffordability
82222

Kilmore Quay aheadlevel or not comparableRosslare ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Kilmore QuayRosslare
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area Y35 — 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. 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.

Kilmore Quay
Rosslare

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.

235
Population
1,611

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€324k
Median sale pricelower is better
€293k
Rosslare leads
€285k – €406k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€234k – €431k
10
Sales (24m)
172
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
2.9%

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.

0 prim · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Rosslare leads
Kilmore Quay · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Rosslare · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Clochar Mhuire Primary
172 pupils · CatholicDEIS
1
Creches
2
Rosslare leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
1
Rosslare leads
0
Hospitals
0
3
Bus stops
19
Rosslare leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Rosslare leads
0
Gyms & leisure
0
1
Parks & playgrounds
7
Rosslare leads
3
Sports pitches
19
Rosslare 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.

5
Restaurants
3
Kilmore Quay leads
3
Cafés
2
Kilmore Quay leads
1
Pubs & bars
3
Rosslare leads
1
Takeaways
3
Rosslare leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
24
Residents per venuelower is better
146
Kilmore Quay 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.

1
Supermarkets
0
Kilmore Quay leads
1
Convenience shops
4
Rosslare leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
1
Rosslare leads
1
Hairdressers
2
Rosslare leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
1
Rosslare leads
1
EV charging
3
Rosslare leads
1
Library & community centre
1
47
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
134
Kilmore Quay 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.

62m · ~75 rush
Waterfordlower is better
60m · ~75 rush
Rosslare leads
125m · ~160 rush
Dublinlower is better
117m · ~150 rush
Rosslare leads
160m · ~180 rush
Corklower is better
156m · ~180 rush
Rosslare leads
174m · ~190 rush
Limericklower is better
170m · ~190 rush
Rosslare leads
240m · ~265 rush
Galwaylower is better
232m · ~255 rush
Rosslare leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-2.7
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.2
Kilmore Quay leads
Kilmore Quay · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KilmoreBelow average
+2KilmoreAbove average
Rosslare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7RosslareBelow average
-3RosslareBelow average
34.0%
Third-level educated
34.4%
Rosslare leads
38.9%
Professional class
35.8%
Kilmore Quay leads
9.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.2%
Kilmore Quay leads
68.1%
Owner-occupier
69.8%
Rosslare leads
13.3%
Private rental
17.6%
4.4%
Social housing (LA)
13.8%

Liveability & safety

AREA · Y35 / Y35

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Kilmore QuayY35, RosslareY35); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

64/100
Quality of Life
64/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (Y35 / Y35) 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.

Kilmore QuayRosslareOverall (avg)
Safety64646464
Affordability9494
Infrastructure6868
Family7070
Education3838
Environment8282
Economic3333
020406080100020406080100
#58
National rank
#58
#1
County rank
#1
64/100
Safety
64/100
52.9
Crime / 1,000
52.9

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.

Kilmore Quay Below average-2.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilmore -7 (least affluent) → Kilmore +2 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Rosslare Below average-5.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Rosslare -7 (least affluent) → Rosslare -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 (Wexford), 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 8 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Rosslare

The stronger town on the data.

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