Newcastle WestCo. Limerick vs PatrickswellCo. LimerickTown level

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

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iNewcastle West sits in V42, Patrickswell in V94. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Newcastle West
Patrickswell

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

TOWNS
Newcastle West
Co. LIMERICK · in V42 · pop · 26 small areas
Patrickswell
Co. LIMERICK · in V94 · pop · 4 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€180k
€388k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€144k – €279k
€362k – €394k
Sales (24m)
37
23
Price momentum (YoY)
+2.6%
+7.3%
New-build share
8.3%
75.0%
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
3 prim · 2 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Newcastle West · 5 schools (largest first)
Scoil Mhuire & Íde Secondary
771 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Desmond College Secondary
515 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil O Curain B Primary
249 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Josephs Convent Primary
222 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil O Doghair Primary
214 pupils · Catholic
Patrickswell · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Tobar Padraig Primary
137 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
8
1
GP practices
2
0
Pharmacies
4
1
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
11
4
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
6
0
Parks & playgrounds
2
0
Sports pitches
15
1
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.
Limerick
40m · ~60 rush
14m · ~25 rush
Cork
83m · ~105 rush
78m · ~100 rush
Galway
109m · ~135 rush
84m · ~110 rush
Waterford
148m · ~160 rush
124m · ~140 rush
Dublin
169m · ~205 rush
144m · ~180 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.5
-6.4
Newcastle West · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Newcastle UrbanBelow average
+2Newcastle RuralAbove average
Patrickswell · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-6PatrickswellBelow average
Third-level educated
31.7%
31.0%
Professional class
30.2%
33.2%
Unemployment
9.8%
8.4%
Owner-occupier
54.4%
80.2%
Private rental
30.5%
8.5%
Social housing (LA)
10.4%
8.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · V42 / V94
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Newcastle WestV42, PatrickswellV94); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
62/100
62/100
National rank
#66
#66
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
42/100
42/100
Crime / 1,000
88.4
88.4

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.

Newcastle West Below average-5.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Newcastle Urban -7 (least affluent) → Newcastle Rural +2 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Patrickswell Below average-6.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Patrickswell) — 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 (Limerick) — 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 30 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Newcastle WestPatrickswell
The verdict

Newcastle West is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Patrickswell’s 1, with 3 level: schools & amenities, public transport and affordability. Patrickswell leads on 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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