KilrushCo. Clare vs WhitegateCo. ClareTown level

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

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iKilrush sits in V15, Whitegate in V94. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kilrush
Whitegate

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

TOWNS
Kilrush
Co. CLARE · in V15 · pop 2,790 · 13 small areas
Whitegate
Co. CLARE · in V94 · pop 181 · 1 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€213k
€275k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€136k – €297k
€230k – €350k
Sales (24m)
180
11
Price momentum (YoY)
+20.5%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
0 prim · 0 sec
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
Whitegate · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Creches
4
0
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
5
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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.
Limerick
69m · ~85 rush
54m · ~70 rush
Galway
93m · ~115 rush
74m · ~100 rush
Cork
149m · ~170 rush
134m · ~155 rush
Dublin
203m · ~240 rush
158m · ~195 rush
Waterford
183m · ~195 rush
159m · ~175 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-16.7
-3.2
Kilrush · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-18Kilrush UrbanVery disadvantaged
-15Kilrush UrbanDisadvantaged
Whitegate · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-3DrummaanBelow average
Third-level educated
22.8%
38.7%
Professional class
24.9%
43.8%
Unemployment
24.4%
8.7%
Owner-occupier
58.4%
78.9%
Private rental
18.9%
8.3%
Social housing (LA)
17.7%
7.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · V15 / V94
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KilrushV15, WhitegateV94); safety & crime are the Clare Garda division.
Quality of Life
53/100
62/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V15 / V94) 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.

KilrushWhitegateOverall (avg)
Safety53686242
Affordability10089
Infrastructure2283
Family8172
Education1846
Environment6062
Economic2540
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#103
#66
County rank
#2
#1
Safety
68/100
42/100
Crime / 1,000
48.8
88.4

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.
Whitegate Below average-3.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Drummaan) — 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 (Clare) — 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 14 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KilrushWhitegate
The verdict

Whitegate is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Kilrush’s 2, with 2 level: affluence, education levels and access to its nearest city. Kilrush leads on safety and affordability.

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

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