ArdeeCo. Louth vs CarlingfordCo. LouthTown level

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

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iArdee sits in A92, Carlingford in A91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ardee
Carlingford

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

TOWNS
Ardee
Co. LOUTH · in A92 · pop · 14 small areas
Carlingford
Co. LOUTH · in A91 · pop · 5 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€223k
€255k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€181k – €305k
€158k – €330k
Sales (24m)
10
5
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
7.1%
0.0%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
0 prim · 0 sec
Ardee · 3 schools (largest first)
Ardee Community School Secondary
1,353 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Mhuire Na Trocaire Primary
314 pupils · Catholic
Ardee Monastery Primary
258 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Carlingford · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Creches
5
0
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
3
2
Hospitals
1
1
Bus stops
7
5
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
2
2
Parks & playgrounds
0
2
Sports pitches
8
5
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.
Dublin
57m · ~90 rush
82m · ~115 rush
Waterford
162m · ~175 rush
187m · ~200 rush
Galway
167m · ~190 rush
205m · ~230 rush
Limerick
184m · ~200 rush
209m · ~225 rush
Cork
223m · ~245 rush
248m · ~270 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.4
-2.6
Ardee · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Ardee UrbanBelow average
Carlingford · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-3CarlingfordBelow average
Third-level educated
29.2%
41.9%
Professional class
30.1%
36.5%
Unemployment
12.1%
10.3%
Owner-occupier
58.9%
61.8%
Private rental
20.1%
20.0%
Social housing (LA)
15.8%
14.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A92 / A91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ArdeeA92, CarlingfordA91); safety & crime are the Louth Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
67/100
67/100
National rank
#31
#31
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
54/100
54/100
Crime / 1,000
68
68

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.

Ardee Below average-7.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Ardee Urban) — below the national average.
Carlingford Below average-2.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Carlingford) — below 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 (Louth) — 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
ArdeeCarlingford
The verdict

Ardee is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Carlingford’s 2, with 2 level: schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city. Carlingford 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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