Town comparison · Miltown Malbay vs Sixmilebridge

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Miltown Malbay or Sixmilebridge?

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.

Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare · V95 · 419 people | Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare · V95 · 2,832 people

Sixmilebridge is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Miltown Malbay’s 1, with 2 level.

Miltown Malbay leads on
affordability
Sixmilebridge leads on
affluenceeducation levelspublic transportaccess to its nearest city
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Miltown Malbay aheadlevel or not comparableSixmilebridge ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Miltown MalbaySixmilebridge
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area V95 — 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.

Miltown Malbay
Sixmilebridge

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.

419
Population
2,832

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€250k
Median sale pricelower is better
€338k
Miltown Malbay leads
€175k – €363k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€270k – €381k
52
Sales (24m)
110
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
1.9%
New-build share
32.7%

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 · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Miltown Malbay leads
Miltown Malbay · 2 schools (largest first)
St. Joseph's Secondary School Secondary
452 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Miltown Malbay B N S Primary
124 pupils · Catholic
Sixmilebridge · 1 schools (largest first)
Sixmilebridge N S Primary
437 pupils · Catholic
3
Creches
3
N/A
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
0
Miltown Malbay leads
0
Hospitals
0
4
Bus stops
8
Sixmilebridge leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Sixmilebridge leads
1
Gyms & leisure
2
Sixmilebridge leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
1
5
Sports pitches
1
Miltown Malbay 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
Miltown Malbay leads
3
Cafés
0
Miltown Malbay leads
12
Pubs & bars
1
Miltown Malbay leads
3
Takeaways
0
Miltown Malbay leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
21
Residents per venuelower is better
1,416
Miltown Malbay 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
Miltown Malbay leads
1
Convenience shops
0
Miltown Malbay leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
1
Post offices
0
Miltown Malbay leads
4
Hairdressers
0
Miltown Malbay leads
0
Dentists
0
1
Vets
0
Miltown Malbay leads
3
Filling stations
0
Miltown Malbay leads
3
EV charging
1
Miltown Malbay leads
2
Library & community centre
0
Miltown Malbay leads
26
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
2,832
Miltown Malbay 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.

64m · ~80 rush
Limericklower is better
20m · ~35 rush
Sixmilebridge leads
88m · ~110 rush
Galwaylower is better
68m · ~90 rush
Sixmilebridge leads
144m · ~165 rush
Corklower is better
100m · ~120 rush
Sixmilebridge leads
178m · ~190 rush
Waterfordlower is better
134m · ~150 rush
Sixmilebridge leads
198m · ~235 rush
Dublinlower is better
154m · ~190 rush
Sixmilebridge leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.2
Sixmilebridge leads
Miltown Malbay · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Milltown MalbayBelow average
-3Milltown MalbayBelow average
Sixmilebridge · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-3SixmilebridgeBelow average
-3SixmilebridgeBelow average
0MountieversBelow average
+4MountieversAffluent
35.8%
Third-level educated
38.0%
Sixmilebridge leads
36.5%
Professional class
40.0%
Sixmilebridge leads
12.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
9.2%
Sixmilebridge leads
67.3%
Owner-occupier
76.6%
Sixmilebridge leads
16.0%
Private rental
13.7%
12.7%
Social housing (LA)
6.7%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V95 / V95

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Miltown MalbayV95, SixmilebridgeV95); safety & crime are the Clare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

70/100
Quality of Life
70/100

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

Miltown MalbaySixmilebridgeOverall (avg)
Safety70687068
Affordability9191
Infrastructure6565
Family8181
Education5252
Environment8080
Economic5252
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#18
National rank
#18
#1
County rank
#1
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.

Miltown Malbay Below average-5.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Milltown Malbay -7 (least affluent) → Milltown Malbay -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Sixmilebridge Below average-1.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Sixmilebridge -3 (least affluent) → Mountievers +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 (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 11 CSO Small Areas.

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The stronger town on the data.

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