Town comparison · An Uaimh (Navan) vs Ashbourne

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An Uaimh (Navan) or Ashbourne?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 53 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

An Uaimh (Navan), Co. Meath · C15 · 33,109 people | Ashbourne, Co. Meath · A84 · 13,321 people

An Uaimh (Navan) is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Ashbourne’s 1, with 1 level.

An Uaimh (Navan) leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaffordability
Ashbourne leads on
access to its nearest city
271214

An Uaimh (Navan) aheadlevel or not comparableAshbourne ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
An Uaimh (Navan)Ashbourne
iAn Uaimh (Navan) sits in C15, Ashbourne in A84. 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.

An Uaimh (Navan)
Ashbourne

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.

33,109
Population
13,321

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€342k
Median sale pricelower is better
€427k
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
€280k – €400k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€315k – €464k
464
Sales (24m)
539
+9.2%
Price momentum (YoY)
+14.6%
8.6%
New-build share
40.8%

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.

11 prim · 5 sec
Schools
6 prim · 2 sec
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
An Uaimh (Navan) · 16 schools (largest first)
St Patrick's Classical School Secondary
938 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Beaufort College Secondary
917 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Loreto Secondary School Secondary
909 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Na Mí Secondary
873 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St. Joseph's Secondary School, Navan, Secondary
712 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Stephens Ns Primary
801 pupils · Catholic
St Pauls N S Primary
760 pupils · Catholic
St Oliver Plunkett Ns Primary
399 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Mercy Convent N S Primary
384 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Naomh Eoin Primary
361 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Ard Rí Community National School Primary
361 pupils · Multi Denominational
Aine Naofa N S Primary
304 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Navan Educate Together Ns Primary
224 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
S N Mhuire Primary
187 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Eanna Primary
137 pupils · Catholic
Flowerfield N S Primary
59 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Ashbourne · 8 schools (largest first)
Ashbourne Community School Secondary
1,111 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
De Lacy College Secondary
913 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Nais Deaglain Primary
647 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Mhuire Primary
481 pupils · Catholic
Ashbourne Educate Together National School Primary
410 pupils · Multi Denominational
Ashbourne Community National School Primary
303 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Na Mí Primary
283 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Na Cille Primary
227 pupils · Catholic
35
Creches
13
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
1
GP practices
4
Ashbourne leads
8
Pharmacies
5
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
3
Hospitals
0
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
99
Bus stops
29
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
21
Gyms & leisure
22
Ashbourne leads
10
Parks & playgrounds
6
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
55
Sports pitches
46
An Uaimh (Navan) 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.

18
Restaurants
10
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
9
Cafés
8
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
20
Pubs & bars
5
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
23
Takeaways
12
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
1
Nightclubs
0
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
1
Cinema & theatre
1
460
Residents per venuelower is better
370
Ashbourne leads
#24 of 65 large towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#42 of 65 large towns
An Uaimh (Navan) 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.

8
Supermarkets
8
21
Convenience shops
9
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
7
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
3
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
6
Banks
3
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
2
Post offices
0
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
9
Hairdressers
8
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
0
Dentists
3
Ashbourne leads
2
Vets
1
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
8
Filling stations
4
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
4
EV charging
1
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
5
Library & community centre
3
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
460
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
310
Ashbourne 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.

47m · ~80 rush
Dublinlower is better
27m · ~55 rush
Ashbourne leads
143m · ~155 rush
Waterfordlower is better
127m · ~140 rush
Ashbourne leads
146m · ~170 rush
Galwaylower is better
153m · ~175 rush
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
165m · ~185 rush
Limericklower is better
148m · ~165 rush
Ashbourne leads
204m · ~225 rush
Corklower is better
187m · ~210 rush
Ashbourne leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.3
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
An Uaimh (Navan) · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Navan UrbanBelow average
-2Navan RuralBelow average
Ashbourne · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-10DonaghmoreDisadvantaged
-4DonaghmoreBelow average
+3KilbrewAbove average
+3KilbrewAbove average
36.5%
Third-level educated
28.4%
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
35.2%
Professional class
35.8%
Ashbourne leads
10.3%
Unemploymentlower is better
12.5%
An Uaimh (Navan) leads
65.9%
Owner-occupier
90.0%
Ashbourne leads
20.1%
Private rental
6.7%
10.8%
Social housing (LA)
1.8%

Liveability & safety

AREA · C15 / A84

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (An Uaimh (Navan)C15, AshbourneA84); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

57/100
Quality of Life
62/100
Ashbourne leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (C15 / A84) 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.

An Uaimh (Navan)AshbourneOverall (avg)
Safety57476247
Affordability8079
Infrastructure2959
Family7990
Education5057
Environment6656
Economic4843
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#93
National ranklower is better
#66
Ashbourne leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#2
Ashbourne leads
47/100
Safety
47/100
76
Crime / 1,000
76

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.

An Uaimh (Navan) Below average-3.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Navan Urban -8 (least affluent) → Navan Rural -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Ashbourne Below average-5.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Donaghmore -10 (least affluent) → Kilbrew +3 (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 (Meath), 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 142 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in An Uaimh (Navan)

The stronger town on the data.

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