MooncoinCo. Kilkenny vs ThomastownCo. KilkennyTown level

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

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iMooncoin sits in X91, Thomastown in R95. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Mooncoin
Thomastown

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

TOWNS
Mooncoin
Co. KILKENNY · in X91 · pop · 3 small areas
Thomastown
Co. KILKENNY · in R95 · pop 1,910 · 9 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€242k
€344k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€201k – €336k
€258k – €396k
Sales (24m)
31
109
Price momentum (YoY)
+68.8%
+56.2%
New-build share
0.0%
11.1%
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
1 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 1 sec
Mooncoin · 2 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Cois Siúire Secondary
159 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Mhuire Primary
260 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Thomastown · 2 schools (largest first)
Grennan College Secondary
334 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Mary's National School Primary
414 pupils · Catholic
Creches
1
4
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
1
3
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
2
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
2
Parks & playgrounds
1
2
Sports pitches
2
8
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.
Waterford
14m · ~20 rush
34m · ~50 rush
Dublin
119m · ~155 rush
100m · ~135 rush
Cork
106m · ~130 rush
124m · ~145 rush
Limerick
108m · ~125 rush
122m · ~140 rush
Galway
179m · ~205 rush
171m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.4
-2.2
Mooncoin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8PollroneBelow average
-4PortnascullyBelow average
Thomastown · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5Jerpoint ChurchBelow average
-2ThomastownBelow average
Third-level educated
29.8%
37.7%
Professional class
33.5%
38.8%
Unemployment
9.9%
8.3%
Owner-occupier
80.3%
67.1%
Private rental
9.6%
15.6%
Social housing (LA)
8.4%
12.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · X91 / R95
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (MooncoinX91, ThomastownR95); safety & crime are the Waterford Garda division.
Quality of Life
65/100
66/100
National rank
#49
#35
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
51/100
62/100
Crime / 1,000
75.8
57.6

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.

Mooncoin Below average-6.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Pollrone -8 (least affluent) → Portnascully -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Thomastown Below average-2.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Jerpoint Church -4 (least affluent) → Thomastown -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is 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 (Waterford) — 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 12 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
MooncoinThomastown
The verdict

Thomastown is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Mooncoin’s 2, with 1 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and safety. Mooncoin leads on affordability and access to its nearest city.

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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