PiercetownCo. Wexford vs WexfordCo. WexfordTown level

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

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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area Y35 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Piercetown
Wexford

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

TOWNS
Piercetown
Co. WEXFORD · in Y35 · pop 308 · 1 small areas
Wexford
Co. WEXFORD · in Y35 · pop 22,366 · 92 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€350k
€275k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€350k – €350k
€199k – €350k
Sales (24m)
1
2,080
Price momentum (YoY)
+40.5%
New-build share
21.7%
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 · 0 sec
8 prim · 5 sec
Piercetown · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Baile An Phiarsaigh Primary
243 pupils · Catholic
Wexford · 13 schools (largest first)
Presentation Secondary School Secondary
981 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Loreto Secondary School Secondary
930 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Peter's College Secondary
784 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Christian Brothers Secondary School Secondary
721 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Selskar College (coláiste Sheilscire) Secondary
390 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts Primary
612 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Convent Of Mercy Primary
406 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Clochar Mhuire Primary
380 pupils · Catholic
Cbs Primary Wexford Primary
366 pupils · Catholic
Faythe Convent Primary
236 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Loch Garman Primary
207 pupils · Catholic
Wexford Educate Together National School Primary
205 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Iberius N S Primary
79 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
2
21
GP practices
0
12
Pharmacies
0
18
Hospitals
0
3
Bus stops
2
84
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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
53m · ~65 rush
50m · ~65 rush
Dublin
110m · ~145 rush
107m · ~140 rush
Cork
149m · ~170 rush
147m · ~170 rush
Limerick
163m · ~180 rush
160m · ~180 rush
Galway
225m · ~250 rush
222m · ~245 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.3
-6.4
Piercetown · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4DrinaghBelow average
Wexford · 7 EDs, poorest → richest
-13Wexford No. 2 UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Wexford No. 1 UrbanBelow average
-5Wexford RuralBelow average
-4DrinaghBelow average
-4Wexford No. 3 UrbanBelow average
+0ArdcavanAbove average
+0CarrickAbove average
Third-level educated
34.8%
32.6%
Professional class
40.5%
31.5%
Unemployment
9.3%
11.3%
Owner-occupier
83.0%
60.3%
Private rental
4.4%
22.6%
Social housing (LA)
10.3%
13.6%
Liveability & safety● AREA · Y35 / Y35
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (PiercetownY35, WexfordY35); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
64/100
64/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (Y35 / Y35) 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.

PiercetownWexfordOverall (avg)
Safety64646464
Affordability9494
Infrastructure6868
Family7070
Education3838
Environment8282
Economic3333
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#57
#57
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
64/100
64/100
Crime / 1,000
52.9
52.9

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.

Piercetown Below average-4.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Drinagh) — below the national average.
Wexford Below average-6.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Wexford No. 2 Urban -13 (least affluent) → Carrick +0 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Wexford) — 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 93 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
PiercetownWexford
The verdict

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

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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