Town comparison · Newbliss vs Scotshouse

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Newbliss or Scotshouse?

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.

Newbliss, Co. Monaghan · H18 · 352 people | Scotshouse, Co. Monaghan · H23 · 317 people

Newbliss is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 1 of the 7 dimensions to Scotshouse’s 0, with 6 level.

Newbliss leads on
education levels
16306

Newbliss aheadlevel or not comparableScotshouse ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
NewblissScotshouse
iNewbliss sits in H18, Scotshouse in H23. 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.

Newbliss
Scotshouse

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.

352
Population
317

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€120k
Median sale pricelower is better
€183k
Newbliss leads
€100k – €260k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€165k – €210k
17
Sales (24m)
20
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Newbliss · 1 schools (largest first)
Killeevan Central N S Primary
102 pupils · Catholic
Scotshouse · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Enda Primary
68 pupils · Catholic
1
Creches
1
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
4
Scotshouse leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
0
Newbliss leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
1
Newbliss leads
3
Sports pitches
3

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.

1
Restaurants
0
Newbliss leads
0
Cafés
0
2
Pubs & bars
0
Newbliss leads
0
Takeaways
0
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
117
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.

1
Supermarkets
0
Newbliss leads
0
Convenience shops
0
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
0
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
2
Filling stations
1
Newbliss leads
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
0
117
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
317
Newbliss 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.

108m · ~145 rush
Dublinlower is better
110m · ~145 rush
Newbliss leads
164m · ~190 rush
Galwaylower is better
152m · ~175 rush
Scotshouse leads
202m · ~220 rush
Limericklower is better
189m · ~205 rush
Scotshouse leads
212m · ~225 rush
Waterfordlower is better
206m · ~220 rush
Scotshouse leads
265m · ~285 rush
Corklower is better
252m · ~275 rush
Scotshouse leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-7.1
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.5
Newbliss leads
Newbliss · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9NewblissDisadvantaged
-5NewblissBelow average
Scotshouse · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11CurrinDisadvantaged
-4CurrinBelow average
27.6%
Third-level educated
26.1%
Newbliss leads
32.2%
Professional class
28.7%
Newbliss leads
12.3%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.2%
Scotshouse leads
76.4%
Owner-occupier
73.7%
Newbliss leads
8.6%
Private rental
17.1%
12.1%
Social housing (LA)
5.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · H18 / H23

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (NewblissH18, ScotshouseH23); safety & crime are the Cavan/Monaghan Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

72/100
Quality of Life
67/100
Newbliss leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (H18 / H23) 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.

NewblissScotshouseOverall (avg)
Safety72746774
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8887
Family7979
Education4414
Environment8282
Economic3830
020406080100020406080100
#4
National ranklower is better
#15
Newbliss leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Newbliss leads
74/100
Safety
74/100
40
Crime / 1,000
40

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.

Newbliss Below average-7.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Newbliss -9 (least affluent) → Newbliss -5 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Scotshouse Below average-7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Currin -11 (least affluent) → Currin -4 (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 (Cavan/Monaghan), 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 3 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Newbliss

The stronger town on the data.

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