Town comparison · Newport vs Silvermines

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Newport or Silvermines?

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.

Newport, Co. North Tipperary · V94 · 1,962 people | Silvermines, Co. North Tipperary · E45 · 301 people

Newport and Silvermines are closely matched. Each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level.

Newport leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenities
Silvermines leads on
safetyaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
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Newport aheadlevel or not comparableSilvermines ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
NewportSilvermines
iNewport sits in V94, Silvermines in E45. 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.

Newport
Silvermines

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.

1,962
Population
301

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€315k
Median sale pricelower is better
€194k
Silvermines leads
€200k – €420k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€157k – €203k
71
Sales (24m)
6
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
0.0%
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.

2 prim · 2 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Newport leads
Newport · 4 schools (largest first)
St. Mary's Secondary School Secondary
725 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Newport College Secondary
364 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Convent Of Mercy Primary
270 pupils · Catholic
S N Na Mbuachailli Primary
141 pupils · Catholic
Silvermines · 1 schools (largest first)
Silvermines N S Primary
54 pupils · Catholic
7
Creches
0
Newport leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
0
Newport leads
0
Hospitals
0
5
Bus stops
2
Newport leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
3
Gyms & leisure
0
Newport leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
0
Newport leads
11
Sports pitches
2
Newport 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.

0
Restaurants
0
0
Cafés
0
4
Pubs & bars
1
Newport leads
2
Takeaways
0
Newport leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
327
Residents per venuelower is better
301
Silvermines 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.

0
Supermarkets
0
3
Convenience shops
1
Newport leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
1
Post offices
0
Newport leads
1
Hairdressers
0
Newport leads
0
Dentists
0
1
Vets
0
Newport leads
2
Filling stations
0
Newport leads
0
EV charging
0
1
Library & community centre
1
218
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
151
Silvermines 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.

148m · ~165 rush
Limericklower is better
35m · ~55 rush
Silvermines leads
90m · ~115 rush
Galwaylower is better
97m · ~120 rush
Newport leads
228m · ~250 rush
Corklower is better
110m · ~130 rush
Silvermines leads
206m · ~240 rush
Dublinlower is better
123m · ~160 rush
Silvermines leads
260m · ~275 rush
Waterfordlower is better
123m · ~135 rush
Silvermines leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-0.1
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.7
Newport leads
Newport · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-2NewportBelow average
+2NewportAbove average
Silvermines · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KilmoreBelow average
+2KilmoreAbove average
40.3%
Third-level educated
34.0%
Newport leads
44.6%
Professional class
38.9%
Newport leads
8.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
9.1%
Newport leads
75.9%
Owner-occupier
68.1%
Newport leads
11.9%
Private rental
13.3%
10.2%
Social housing (LA)
4.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V94 / E45

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (NewportV94, SilverminesE45); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division.

62/100
Quality of Life
72/100
Silvermines leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V94 / E45) 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.

NewportSilverminesOverall (avg)
Safety62427256
Affordability8996
Infrastructure8389
Family7279
Education4650
Environment6282
Economic4050
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#66
National ranklower is better
#4
Silvermines leads
#1
County rank
#1
42/100
Safety
56/100
Silvermines leads
88.4
Crime / 1,000lower is better
64.9
Silvermines leads

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.

Newport Below average-0.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Newport -2 (least affluent) → Newport +2 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Silvermines Below average-2.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilmore -7 (least affluent) → Kilmore +2 (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 (Limerick), 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 7 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Newport

The towns are level, so these are from the first.

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