Town comparison · Kilrush vs Quin

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Kilrush or Quin?

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.

Kilrush, Co. Clare · V15 · 2,790 people | Quin, Co. Clare · V95 · 654 people

Quin is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Kilrush’s 2, with 2 level.

Kilrush leads on
schools & amenitiesaffordability
Quin leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaccess to its nearest city
181816

Kilrush aheadlevel or not comparableQuin ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KilrushQuin
iKilrush sits in V15, Quin in V95. 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.

Kilrush
Quin

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.

2,790
Population
654

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€206k
Median sale pricelower is better
€302k
Kilrush leads
€135k – €290k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€237k – €364k
177
Sales (24m)
63
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
1.1%
New-build share
22.2%

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
1 prim · 0 sec
Kilrush leads
Kilrush · 3 schools (largest first)
Kilrush Community School Secondary
341 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Convent Of Mercy National School Primary
337 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Ui Choimin Primary
63 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Quin · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Na Mainistreach Quin Dangan Primary
311 pupils · Catholic
5
Creches
3
Kilrush leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
0
5
Bus stops
4
Kilrush leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
0
Kilrush leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
1
14
Sports pitches
2
Kilrush 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.

2
Restaurants
1
Kilrush leads
2
Cafés
0
Kilrush leads
4
Pubs & bars
3
Kilrush leads
2
Takeaways
1
Kilrush leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
279
Residents per venuelower is better
131
Quin 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.

3
Supermarkets
1
Kilrush leads
0
Convenience shops
2
Quin leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Kilrush leads
3
Banks
0
Kilrush leads
2
Post offices
1
Kilrush leads
2
Hairdressers
1
Kilrush leads
0
Dentists
0
1
Vets
0
Kilrush leads
2
Filling stations
0
Kilrush leads
2
EV charging
0
Kilrush leads
1
Library & community centre
1
147
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
109
Quin 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.

69m · ~85 rush
Limericklower is better
32m · ~50 rush
Quin leads
93m · ~115 rush
Galwaylower is better
61m · ~85 rush
Quin leads
149m · ~170 rush
Corklower is better
112m · ~135 rush
Quin leads
183m · ~195 rush
Waterfordlower is better
146m · ~160 rush
Quin leads
203m · ~240 rush
Dublinlower is better
166m · ~200 rush
Quin leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-16.7
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.4
Quin leads
Kilrush · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-18Kilrush UrbanVery disadvantaged
-15Kilrush UrbanDisadvantaged
Quin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+3QuinAbove average
+6QuinAffluent
22.8%
Third-level educated
51.3%
Quin leads
24.9%
Professional class
51.4%
Quin leads
24.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
6.2%
Quin leads
58.4%
Owner-occupier
79.0%
Quin leads
18.9%
Private rental
16.8%
17.7%
Social housing (LA)
3.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V15 / V95

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KilrushV15, QuinV95); safety & crime are the Clare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

53/100
Quality of Life
70/100
Quin leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V15 / V95) 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.

KilrushQuinOverall (avg)
Safety53687068
Affordability10091
Infrastructure2265
Family8181
Education1852
Environment6080
Economic2552
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#103
National ranklower is better
#18
Quin leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#1
Quin leads
68/100
Safety
68/100
48.8
Crime / 1,000
48.8

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.

Kilrush Very disadvantaged-16.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilrush Urban -18 (least affluent) → Kilrush Urban -15 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Quin Affluent+4.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Quin +3 (least affluent) → Quin +6 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above 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 (Clare), 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 16 CSO Small Areas.

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