AshbourneCo. Meath vs DunshaughlinCo. MeathTown level

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

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iAshbourne sits in A84, Dunshaughlin in A85. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ashbourne
Dunshaughlin

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

TOWNS
Ashbourne
Co. MEATH · in A84 · pop 9,009 · 40 small areas
Dunshaughlin
Co. MEATH · in A85 · pop · 14 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€440k
€423k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€421k – €467k
€399k – €441k
Sales (24m)
83
22
Price momentum (YoY)
-46.2%
New-build share
61.4%
56.0%
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
3 prim · 1 sec
3 prim · 2 sec
Ashbourne · 4 schools (largest first)
Ashbourne Community School Secondary
1,111 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Nais Deaglain Primary
647 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Mhuire Primary
481 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Na Cille Primary
227 pupils · Catholic
Dunshaughlin · 5 schools (largest first)
Community College Dunshaughlin Secondary
1,135 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Coláiste Rioga Secondary
193 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
S N Seachnaill Naofa Primary
623 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Na Rithe Primary
218 pupils · Catholic
Dunshaughlin Community National School Primary
116 pupils · Multi Denominational
Creches
11
7
GP practices
3
0
Pharmacies
4
3
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
13
5
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
10
8
Parks & playgrounds
4
4
Sports pitches
19
14
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
27m · ~55 rush
33m · ~65 rush
Waterford
127m · ~140 rush
129m · ~145 rush
Galway
153m · ~175 rush
142m · ~165 rush
Limerick
148m · ~165 rush
151m · ~170 rush
Cork
187m · ~210 rush
190m · ~210 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.6
6.1
Ashbourne · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4DonaghmoreBelow average
+3KilbrewAbove average
Dunshaughlin · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+6DunshaughlinAffluent
Third-level educated
33.8%
53.6%
Professional class
37.5%
51.7%
Unemployment
8.9%
5.9%
Owner-occupier
90.0%
82.1%
Private rental
7.5%
11.0%
Social housing (LA)
1.3%
5.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A84 / A85
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AshbourneA84, DunshaughlinA85); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
62/100
72/100
National rank
#66
#4
County rank
#2
#1
Safety
47/100
47/100
Crime / 1,000
76
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.

Ashbourne Below average-2.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Donaghmore -4 (least affluent) → Kilbrew +3 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Dunshaughlin Affluent+6.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Dunshaughlin) — above 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 (Meath) — 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 54 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
AshbourneDunshaughlin
The verdict

Ashbourne and Dunshaughlin are closely matched — each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level. Ashbourne is ahead on schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city; Dunshaughlin on affluence, education levels and 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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