SilverminesCo. North Tipperary vs ThurlesCo. North TipperaryTown level

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

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iSilvermines sits in E45, Thurles in E41. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Silvermines
Thurles

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

TOWNS
Silvermines
Co. NORTH TIPPERARY · in E45 · pop 301 · 1 small areas
Thurles
Co. NORTH TIPPERARY · in E41 · pop 7,641 · 33 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€194k
€248k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€157k – €203k
€175k – €315k
Sales (24m)
6
373
Price momentum (YoY)
+21.3%
New-build share
0.0%
18.1%
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
0 prim · 0 sec
4 prim · 3 sec
Silvermines · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Thurles · 7 schools (largest first)
Ursuline Secondary School Secondary
870 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
C.b.s. Thurles Secondary
556 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Presentation Secondary School Secondary
550 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Presentation Primary School Primary
241 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Angela Primary
226 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Durlas Eile Primary
197 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Ailbhe Primary
192 pupils · Catholic
Creches
0
10
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
0
9
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
2
8
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.
Limerick
35m · ~55 rush
66m · ~85 rush
Cork
110m · ~130 rush
82m · ~105 rush
Waterford
123m · ~135 rush
84m · ~100 rush
Galway
97m · ~120 rush
125m · ~150 rush
Dublin
123m · ~160 rush
108m · ~145 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7
-6.5
Silvermines · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KilmoreBelow average
Thurles · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Thurles UrbanBelow average
+3Thurles RuralAbove average
Third-level educated
28.7%
31.5%
Professional class
30.9%
27.8%
Unemployment
11.2%
10.9%
Owner-occupier
68.1%
59.4%
Private rental
19.1%
20.9%
Social housing (LA)
8.5%
14.9%
Liveability & safety● AREA · E45 / E41
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (SilverminesE45, ThurlesE41); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
72/100
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (E45 / E41) 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.

SilverminesThurlesOverall (avg)
Safety72566656
Affordability96100
Infrastructure8988
Family7979
Education5028
Environment8274
Economic5038
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#4
#35
County rank
#1
#2
Safety
56/100
56/100
Crime / 1,000
64.9
64.9

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.

Silvermines Below average-7.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Kilmore) — below the national average.
Thurles Below average-6.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Thurles Urban -7 (least affluent) → Thurles Rural +3 (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 (Tipperary) — 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 34 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
SilverminesThurles
The verdict

Thurles is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Silvermines’s 1, with 3 level: education levels, schools & amenities and public transport. Silvermines 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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