Town comparison · Thurles vs Twomileborris

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Thurles or Twomileborris?

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.

Thurles, Co. North Tipperary · E41 · 7,641 people | Twomileborris, Co. North Tipperary · E41 · 469 people

Thurles is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Twomileborris’s 2, with 1 level.

Thurles leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Twomileborris leads on
affluenceeducation levels
31147

Thurles aheadlevel or not comparableTwomileborris ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ThurlesTwomileborris
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area E41 — 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. 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.

Thurles
Twomileborris

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.

7,641
Population
469

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€248k
Median sale pricelower is better
€375k
Thurles leads
€177k – €315k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€155k – €380k
383
Sales (24m)
5
+13.3%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
8.4%
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.

4 prim · 4 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Thurles leads
Thurles · 8 schools (largest first)
Ursuline Secondary School Secondary
870 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Mhuire Co-ed Secondary
568 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
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
Twomileborris · 1 schools (largest first)
Two Mile Borris N S Primary
136 pupils · Catholic
10
Creches
2
Thurles leads
1
GP practices
N/A
9
Pharmacies
0
Thurles leads
1
Hospitals
0
Thurles leads
9
Bus stops
2
Thurles leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Thurles leads
17
Gyms & leisure
0
Thurles leads
3
Parks & playgrounds
1
Thurles leads
46
Sports pitches
3
Thurles 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.

11
Restaurants
0
Thurles leads
10
Cafés
0
Thurles leads
23
Pubs & bars
2
Thurles leads
9
Takeaways
0
Thurles leads
0
Nightclubs
0
4
Cinema & theatre
0
Thurles leads
134
Residents per venuelower is better
235
Thurles 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.

5
Supermarkets
0
Thurles leads
10
Convenience shops
2
Thurles leads
2
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Thurles leads
4
Banks
0
Thurles leads
1
Post offices
0
Thurles leads
12
Hairdressers
0
Thurles leads
5
Dentists
0
Thurles leads
1
Vets
0
Thurles leads
9
Filling stations
0
Thurles leads
3
EV charging
0
Thurles leads
3
Library & community centre
0
Thurles leads
139
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
235
Thurles 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.

66m · ~85 rush
Limericklower is better
73m · ~90 rush
Thurles leads
84m · ~100 rush
Waterfordlower is better
79m · ~95 rush
Twomileborris leads
82m · ~105 rush
Corklower is better
89m · ~110 rush
Thurles leads
108m · ~145 rush
Dublinlower is better
103m · ~140 rush
Twomileborris leads
125m · ~150 rush
Galwaylower is better
132m · ~155 rush
Thurles leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-8.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2
Twomileborris leads
Thurles · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-12Thurles UrbanDisadvantaged
-7Thurles UrbanBelow average
-1Thurles RuralBelow average
+3Thurles RuralAbove average
Twomileborris · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-2Two-mile-borrisBelow average
28.5%
Third-level educated
33.7%
Twomileborris leads
26.7%
Professional class
37.8%
Twomileborris leads
15.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
6.9%
Twomileborris leads
59.4%
Owner-occupier
83.6%
Twomileborris leads
20.6%
Private rental
6.3%
15.8%
Social housing (LA)
7.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · E41 / E41

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ThurlesE41, TwomileborrisE41); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
66/100

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

ThurlesTwomileborrisOverall (avg)
Safety66566656
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8888
Family7979
Education2828
Environment7474
Economic3838
020406080100020406080100
#35
National rank
#35
#2
County rank
#2
56/100
Safety
56/100
64.9
Crime / 1,000
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.

Thurles Disadvantaged-8.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Thurles Urban -12 (least affluent) → Thurles Rural +3 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Twomileborris Below average-2.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Two-mile-borris) — below 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 (Tipperary), 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 35 CSO Small Areas.

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