MallowCo. Cork vs WhitegateCo. CorkTown level

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

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iMallow sits in P51, Whitegate in P25. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Mallow
Whitegate

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

TOWNS
Mallow
Co. CORK · in P51 · pop 12,934 · 51 small areas
Whitegate
Co. CORK · in P25 · pop 900 · 3 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€272k
€325k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€200k – €340k
€299k – €414k
Sales (24m)
531
59
Price momentum (YoY)
+116.5%
New-build share
1.4%
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
6 prim · 3 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Mallow · 9 schools (largest first)
Davis College Secondary
1,010 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Mary's Secondary School Secondary
758 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Patrician Academy Secondary
570 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Ghobnatan Primary
497 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gael Scoil Thomais Daibhis Primary
409 pupils · Catholic
Convent Girls Senior National School Primary
249 pupils · Catholic
S N Naomh Padraig Boys Senior School Primary
209 pupils · Catholic
Mallow Community National School Primary
204 pupils · Multi Denominational
S N Iosagain Primary
143 pupils · Catholic
Whitegate · 1 schools (largest first)
Whitegate Mixed N S Primary
79 pupils · Catholic
Creches
13
1
GP practices
3
0
Pharmacies
5
0
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
5
2
Rail / Luas stops
1
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.
Cork
32m · ~55 rush
36m · ~60 rush
Limerick
60m · ~80 rush
119m · ~135 rush
Waterford
109m · ~125 rush
103m · ~115 rush
Galway
130m · ~155 rush
190m · ~215 rush
Dublin
170m · ~205 rush
196m · ~230 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.1
2.3
Mallow · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-13Mallow South UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Mallow South UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Mallow North UrbanBelow average
-3Mallow RuralBelow average
-2Mallow North UrbanBelow average
-2Mallow RuralBelow average
Whitegate · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+2CorkbegAbove average
Third-level educated
34.7%
44.0%
Professional class
31.7%
37.3%
Unemployment
12.4%
5.8%
Owner-occupier
59.6%
79.0%
Private rental
22.1%
11.9%
Social housing (LA)
14.3%
6.8%
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 (MallowP51, WhitegateP25); safety & crime are the Cork North Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
64/100
66/100

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.

MallowWhitegateOverall (avg)
Safety64566656
Affordability9982
Infrastructure5745
Family8278
Education4160
Environment6682
Economic4962
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National rank
#57
#35
County rank
#12
#9
Safety
56/100
56/100
Crime / 1,000
67
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.

Mallow Below average-5.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Mallow South Urban -13 (least affluent) → Mallow Rural -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Whitegate Above average+2.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Corkbeg) — above 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 (Cork North) — 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 54 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
MallowWhitegate
The verdict

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

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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