Town comparison · Liscarroll vs Midleton

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Liscarroll or Midleton?

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.

Liscarroll, Co. Cork · P51 · 245 people | Midleton, Co. Cork · P25 · 13,475 people

Midleton is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Liscarroll’s 1, with 1 level.

Liscarroll leads on
affordability
Midleton leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
81430

Liscarroll aheadlevel or not comparableMidleton ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
LiscarrollMidleton
iLiscarroll sits in P51, Midleton in P25. 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.

Liscarroll
Midleton

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.

245
Population
13,475

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€235k
Median sale pricelower is better
€368k
Liscarroll leads
€140k – €349k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€304k – €419k
8
Sales (24m)
829
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+18.9%
N/A
New-build share
56.9%

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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
5 prim · 4 sec
Midleton leads
Liscarroll · 1 schools (largest first)
Liscarrol N S Primary
177 pupils · Catholic
Midleton · 9 schools (largest first)
St Colman's Community College Secondary
1,125 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Christian Brothers Secondary School Secondary
949 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Mary's High School Secondary
760 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Midleton College Secondary
484 pupils · 85% to 3rd-level · CHURCH OF IRELANDFee-paying
Midleton Educate Together School Primary
570 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Mhainistir Na Corann Primary
561 pupils · Catholic
Midleton Convent N S Primary
288 pupils · Catholic
Midleton Cbs Primary School Primary
201 pupils · Catholic
St John The Baptist N S Primary
198 pupils · Church Of Ireland
3
Creches
17
Midleton leads
N/A
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
7
Midleton leads
0
Hospitals
1
Midleton leads
2
Bus stops
24
Midleton leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Midleton leads
0
Gyms & leisure
19
Midleton leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
9
Midleton leads
1
Sports pitches
30
Midleton 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
10
Midleton leads
0
Cafés
7
Midleton leads
0
Pubs & bars
9
Midleton leads
0
Takeaways
5
Midleton leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Midleton leads
N/A
Residents per venue
408

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
4
Midleton leads
0
Convenience shops
6
Midleton leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Midleton leads
0
Banks
3
Midleton leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
3
Midleton leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
2
Midleton leads
0
Filling stations
5
Midleton leads
0
EV charging
3
Midleton leads
1
Library & community centre
4
Midleton leads
123
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
408
Liscarroll 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.

53m · ~75 rush
Corklower is better
22m · ~35 rush
Midleton leads
54m · ~70 rush
Limericklower is better
104m · ~120 rush
Liscarroll leads
119m · ~135 rush
Waterfordlower is better
88m · ~100 rush
Midleton leads
124m · ~150 rush
Galwaylower is better
175m · ~200 rush
Liscarroll leads
179m · ~215 rush
Dublinlower is better
182m · ~215 rush
Liscarroll leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-4.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.7
Midleton leads
Liscarroll · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5LiscarrollBelow average
-4LiscarrollBelow average
Midleton · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Midleton UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Midleton UrbanBelow average
-2CloyneBelow average
0Midleton RuralBelow average
+2CloyneAbove average
+4Midleton RuralAbove average
28.1%
Third-level educated
38.9%
Midleton leads
36.4%
Professional class
35.1%
Liscarroll leads
8.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.3%
Liscarroll leads
77.8%
Owner-occupier
61.5%
Liscarroll leads
8.7%
Private rental
26.1%
6.7%
Social housing (LA)
10.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · P51 / P25

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (LiscarrollP51, MidletonP25); safety & crime are the Cork North Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

64/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Midleton leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (P51 / P25) 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.

LiscarrollMidletonOverall (avg)
Safety64566656
Affordability9982
Infrastructure5745
Family8278
Education4160
Environment6682
Economic4962
020406080100020406080100
#58
National ranklower is better
#35
Midleton leads
#12
County ranklower is better
#9
Midleton leads
56/100
Safety
56/100
67
Crime / 1,000
67

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.

Liscarroll Below average-4.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Liscarroll -5 (least affluent) → Liscarroll -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Midleton Below average-1.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Midleton Urban -9 (least affluent) → Midleton Rural +4 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Cork North), 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 47 CSO Small Areas.

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