Town comparison · Naas vs Nurney

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Naas or Nurney?

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.

Naas, Co. Kildare · W91 · 23,127 people | Nurney, Co. Kildare · R51 · 497 people

Naas is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Nurney’s 0, with 2 level.

Naas leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
31147

Naas aheadlevel or not comparableNurney ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
NaasNurney
iNaas sits in W91, Nurney in R51. 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.

Naas
Nurney

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.

23,127
Population
497

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€445k
Median sale pricelower is better
€440k
Nurney leads
€349k – €546k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€371k – €452k
898
Sales (24m)
24
+14.5%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
21.9%
New-build share
N/A

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.

8 prim · 5 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Naas leads
Naas · 13 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Naomh Mhuire Secondary
1,084 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Piper's Hill College Secondary
1,046 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Meánscoil Iognáid Ris Secondary
1,016 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Naas Community College Secondary
907 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Gael-choláiste Chill Dara Secondary
402 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Bríd Primary
628 pupils · Catholic
Mercy Convent Primary School Primary
598 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Chorbain Primary
498 pupils · Catholic
An Linbh Iosa Primary
430 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Nas Na Riogh Primary
402 pupils · Inter Denominational
Naas Community National School Primary
343 pupils · Multi Denominational
Killashee Multi-denominational Ns Primary
223 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Davids Ns Primary
94 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Nurney · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Bhríde Primary
185 pupils · Catholic
19
Creches
1
Naas leads
4
GP practices
N/A
9
Pharmacies
0
Naas leads
2
Hospitals
0
Naas leads
39
Bus stops
4
Naas leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
15
Gyms & leisure
2
Naas leads
15
Parks & playgrounds
1
Naas leads
64
Sports pitches
4
Naas 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.

14
Restaurants
0
Naas leads
15
Cafés
0
Naas leads
5
Pubs & bars
0
Naas leads
12
Takeaways
0
Naas leads
0
Nightclubs
0
2
Cinema & theatre
0
Naas leads
482
Residents per venue
N/A

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

8
Supermarkets
0
Naas leads
7
Convenience shops
1
Naas leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Naas leads
4
Banks
0
Naas leads
1
Post offices
1
2
Hairdressers
0
Naas leads
5
Dentists
0
Naas leads
2
Vets
0
Naas leads
7
Filling stations
2
Naas leads
8
EV charging
0
Naas leads
3
Library & community centre
0
Naas leads
463
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
124
Nurney 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.

37m · ~70 rush
Dublinlower is better
55m · ~90 rush
Naas leads
90m · ~105 rush
Waterfordlower is better
85m · ~100 rush
Nurney leads
112m · ~130 rush
Limericklower is better
104m · ~120 rush
Nurney leads
145m · ~170 rush
Galwaylower is better
139m · ~165 rush
Nurney leads
151m · ~175 rush
Corklower is better
143m · ~165 rush
Nurney leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
4.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.6
Naas leads
Naas · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+3Naas UrbanAbove average
+6Naas UrbanAffluent
Nurney · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6NurneyBelow average
-3NurneyBelow average
50.2%
Third-level educated
30.0%
Naas leads
48.2%
Professional class
38.5%
Naas leads
7.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.4%
Naas leads
70.9%
Owner-occupier
86.1%
Nurney leads
22.2%
Private rental
5.2%
6.6%
Social housing (LA)
5.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · W91 / R51

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (NaasW91, NurneyR51); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
57/100
Naas leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (W91 / R51) 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.

NaasNurneyOverall (avg)
Safety66635763
Affordability6676
Infrastructure6444
Family8174
Education5636
Environment7365
Economic6239
020406080100020406080100
#35
National ranklower is better
#93
Naas leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#5
Naas leads
63/100
Safety
63/100
55.1
Crime / 1,000
55.1

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.

Naas Affluent+4.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Naas Urban +3 (least affluent) → Naas Urban +6 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Nurney Below average-4.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Nurney -6 (least affluent) → Nurney -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below 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 (Kildare), 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 76 CSO Small Areas.

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