ArklowCo. Wicklow vs BaltinglassCo. WicklowTown level

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

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iArklow sits in Y14, Baltinglass in W91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Arklow
Baltinglass

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

TOWNS
Arklow
Co. WICKLOW · in Y14 · pop · 47 small areas
Baltinglass
Co. WICKLOW · in W91 · pop · 9 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€348k
€322k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€255k – €380k
€273k – €346k
Sales (24m)
102
43
Price momentum (YoY)
+13.1%
+30.1%
New-build share
5.0%
28.3%
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
4 prim · 4 sec
2 prim · 1 sec
Arklow · 8 schools (largest first)
Glenart College Secondary
629 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Marys College Secondary
540 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Arklow Cbs Secondary
383 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Gaelcholáiste Na Mara Secondary
302 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St John's Senior School Primary
351 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Michael's And St Peter's Junior School Primary
278 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil An Inbhir Mhoir Primary
275 pupils · Inter Denominational
Carysfort Mxd N S Primary
198 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Baltinglass · 3 schools (largest first)
Scoil Chonglais Secondary
447 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Naomh Iosaf Primary
382 pupils · Catholic
Stratford Lodge Ns Primary
73 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
13
4
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
6
1
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
12
6
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
10
2
Parks & playgrounds
7
1
Sports pitches
27
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
65m · ~100 rush
66m · ~100 rush
Waterford
82m · ~95 rush
79m · ~95 rush
Limerick
178m · ~195 rush
125m · ~145 rush
Cork
178m · ~200 rush
164m · ~185 rush
Galway
193m · ~215 rush
166m · ~190 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.9
-6.8
Arklow · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Arklow No. 1 UrbanBelow average
-4Arklow No. 2 UrbanBelow average
-2Arklow RuralBelow average
Baltinglass · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-7BaltinglassBelow average
Third-level educated
30.3%
31.0%
Professional class
31.1%
28.5%
Unemployment
11.3%
11.5%
Owner-occupier
65.4%
64.1%
Private rental
19.3%
14.9%
Social housing (LA)
12.5%
16.4%
Liveability & safety● AREA · Y14 / W91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ArklowY14, BaltinglassW91); safety & crime are the Wicklow Garda division.
Quality of Life
65/100
66/100
National rank
#49
#35
County rank
#3
#2
Safety
70/100
63/100
Crime / 1,000
43.8
55.1

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.

Arklow Below average-6.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Arklow No. 1 Urban -8 (least affluent) → Arklow Rural -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Baltinglass Below average-6.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Baltinglass) — 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 (Wicklow) — 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 56 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ArklowBaltinglass
The verdict

Arklow is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Baltinglass’s 1, with 3 level: schools & amenities, public transport and safety. Baltinglass leads on affordability.

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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