AshbourneCo. Meath vs Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-DonacarneyCo. 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, Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney in A92. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ashbourne
Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney

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
Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney
Co. MEATH · in A92 · pop 11,805 · 41 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€440k
€385k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€421k – €467k
€269k – €463k
Sales (24m)
83
15
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
61.4%
29.2%
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
4 prim · 1 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
Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney · 5 schools (largest first)
Colaiste Na Hinse Secondary
1,030 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil An Spioraid Naoimh Primary
455 pupils · Catholic
S N Realt Na Mara (c) Primary
388 pupils · Catholic
S N Realt Na Mara (b) Primary
380 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Oilibheir Naofa Primary
358 pupils · Catholic
Creches
11
16
GP practices
3
0
Pharmacies
4
2
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
13
26
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
10
4
Parks & playgrounds
4
4
Sports pitches
19
19
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
43m · ~80 rush
Waterford
127m · ~140 rush
149m · ~165 rush
Limerick
148m · ~165 rush
170m · ~190 rush
Galway
153m · ~175 rush
175m · ~200 rush
Cork
187m · ~210 rush
209m · ~230 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.6
-2
Ashbourne · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4DonaghmoreBelow average
+3KilbrewAbove average
Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-3St. Mary'sBelow average
-2JulianstownBelow average
Third-level educated
33.8%
38.8%
Professional class
37.5%
40.4%
Unemployment
8.9%
9.5%
Owner-occupier
90.0%
78.6%
Private rental
7.5%
11.3%
Social housing (LA)
1.3%
4.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A84 / A92
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AshbourneA84, Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-DonacarneyA92); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division.
Quality of Life
62/100
67/100
National rank
#66
#31
County rank
#2
#1
Safety
47/100
54/100
Crime / 1,000
76
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.

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.
Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney Below average-2.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: St. Mary's -3 (least affluent) → Julianstown -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is 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 (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 81 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
AshbourneLaytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney
The verdict

Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Ashbourne’s 2, with 1 level: education levels, public transport, safety and affordability. Ashbourne leads on schools & amenities and access to its nearest city.

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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