Athy vs SallinsTown level

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

iAthy sits in R14, Sallins in W91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Athy
Sallins

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

TOWNS
Athy
Co. Kildare · in R14 · pop · 44 small areas
Sallins
Co. Kildare · in W91 · pop · 54 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€330k
€386k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€289k – €352k
€317k – €504k
Sales (24m)
222
172
Price momentum (YoY)
+18.2%
+27.2%
New-build share
30.0%
7.4%
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 · 2 sec
2 prim · 0 sec
Athy · 6 schools (largest first)
Árdscoil Na Trionóide Secondary
882 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Athy Community College Secondary
655 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Phadraig Naofa Primary
596 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Mhichil Naofa Primary
502 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Átha Í Primary
155 pupils · Inter DenominationalDEIS
Athy Model School Primary
91 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Sallins · 2 schools (largest first)
St Laurences National School Primary
652 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Bríd Primary
628 pupils · Catholic
Creches
11
13
GP practices
2
1
Pharmacies
5
3
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
27
26
Rail / Luas stops
1
1
Gyms & leisure
9
5
Parks & playgrounds
4
7
Sports pitches
23
29
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
62m · ~95 rush
35m · ~70 rush
Waterford
77m · ~90 rush
90m · ~105 rush
Limerick
102m · ~120 rush
111m · ~130 rush
Cork
142m · ~165 rush
150m · ~170 rush
Galway
146m · ~170 rush
142m · ~165 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.9
6.1
Athy · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-16Athy West UrbanVery disadvantaged
-6Athy East UrbanBelow average
-6Athy RuralBelow average
Sallins · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
+5BodenstownAffluent
+6Naas UrbanAffluent
+8Naas RuralAffluent
Third-level educated
29.8%
55.3%
Professional class
27.5%
50.5%
Unemployment
14.8%
6.2%
Owner-occupier
60.6%
70.8%
Private rental
19.7%
19.7%
Social housing (LA)
14.4%
7.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R14 / W91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AthyR14, SallinsW91); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
62/100
66/100
National rank
#66
#35
County rank
#4
#2
Safety
63/100
63/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
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.

Athy Disadvantaged-8.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Athy West Urban -16 (least affluent) → Athy Rural -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Sallins Affluent+6.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Bodenstown +5 (least affluent) → Naas Rural +8 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is 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 (Kildare) — 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 98 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportAffordabilityDublin access
AthySallins
The verdict

Sallins is the stronger town on the data — ahead on 3 of 6 dimensions: affluence, education levels and the Dublin commute. Athy’s edge is affordability.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, affordability and Dublin access, scored head-to-head.