RathvillyCo. Carlow vs TullowCo. CarlowTown 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 R93 — 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.
Rathvilly
Tullow

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

TOWNS
Rathvilly
Co. CARLOW · in R93 · pop 2,654 · 3 small areas
Tullow
Co. CARLOW · in R93 · pop 1,570 · 16 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€252k
€256k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€249k – €273k
€210k – €281k
Sales (24m)
3
33
Price momentum (YoY)
+40.5%
New-build share
0.0%
21.2%
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
3 prim · 1 sec
Rathvilly · 1 schools (largest first)
St Patricks N S Primary
199 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Tullow · 4 schools (largest first)
Tullow Community School Secondary
871 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
S N Muire Lourdes Primary
212 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Phadraig Naofa Primary
164 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Columbas N S Primary
91 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
Creches
3
7
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
0
5
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
3
10
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
6
Parks & playgrounds
0
2
Sports pitches
3
11
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
75m · ~90 rush
70m · ~85 rush
Dublin
72m · ~105 rush
78m · ~115 rush
Limerick
132m · ~150 rush
129m · ~145 rush
Cork
161m · ~185 rush
156m · ~180 rush
Galway
173m · ~195 rush
172m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.3
-9.3
Rathvilly · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11RathvillyDisadvantaged
+1RahillAbove average
Tullow · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Tullow UrbanDisadvantaged
-7TullowbegBelow average
+2Tullow RuralAbove average
Third-level educated
26.6%
25.0%
Professional class
28.2%
22.3%
Unemployment
8.9%
11.9%
Owner-occupier
72.4%
54.6%
Private rental
10.5%
20.0%
Social housing (LA)
12.5%
19.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R93 / R93
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (RathvillyR93, TullowR93); safety & crime are the Kilkenny/Carlow 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
62/100
62/100
Crime / 1,000
57.6
57.6

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.

Rathvilly Below average-7.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Rathvilly -11 (least affluent) → Rahill +1 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Tullow Disadvantaged-9.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tullow Urban -10 (least affluent) → Tullow Rural +2 (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 (Kilkenny/Carlow) — 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 19 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
RathvillyTullow
The verdict

Rathvilly and Tullow are closely matched — each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level. Rathvilly is ahead on affluence and education levels; Tullow on schools & amenities and public transport.

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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