BalbradaghCo. Meath vs DunboyneCo. 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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iBalbradagh sits in C15, Dunboyne in A86. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Balbradagh
Dunboyne

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

TOWNS
Balbradagh
Co. MEATH · in C15 · pop 412 · 1 small areas
Dunboyne
Co. MEATH · in A86 · pop 6,557 · 20 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€485k
€467k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€485k – €485k
€404k – €573k
Sales (24m)
1
199
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
0.0%
14.3%
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
1 prim · 0 sec
4 prim · 1 sec
Balbradagh · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Mhuire Primary
175 pupils · Catholic
Dunboyne · 5 schools (largest first)
St Peter's College Secondary
1,227 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Dunboyne Senior N S Primary
453 pupils · Catholic
Dunboyne Junior N S Primary
419 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Thulach Na Nóg Primary
359 pupils · Inter Denominational
St Peters National School Primary
92 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
1
6
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
0
3
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
5
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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
50m · ~85 rush
25m · ~50 rush
Waterford
144m · ~160 rush
121m · ~135 rush
Galway
139m · ~165 rush
139m · ~165 rush
Limerick
165m · ~185 rush
143m · ~160 rush
Cork
204m · ~225 rush
182m · ~205 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
1.5
4.5
Balbradagh · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+1BectiveAbove average
+3BectiveAbove average
Dunboyne · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+4DunboyneAffluent
+5DunboyneAffluent
Third-level educated
39.1%
47.6%
Professional class
46.0%
47.8%
Unemployment
6.3%
6.5%
Owner-occupier
89.2%
78.0%
Private rental
5.4%
15.6%
Social housing (LA)
2.4%
4.4%
Liveability & safety● AREA · C15 / A86
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BalbradaghC15, DunboyneA86); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
57/100
73/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (C15 / A86) from official data — Garda crime, CSO income & census, OPW flood, EPA water, and transport/healthcare/broadband coverage. Refreshed quarterly. The dashed line is each town's overall score (that average) — dimensions to its right beat the average, to its left fall short. Two towns can share a score with a very different mix.

BalbradaghDunboyneOverall (avg)
Safety57477347
Affordability8059
Infrastructure2989
Family7983
Education5074
Environment6682
Economic4878
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#93
#6
County rank
#3
#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.

Balbradagh Above average+1.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Bective +1 (least affluent) → Bective +3 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Dunboyne Affluent+4.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Dunboyne +4 (least affluent) → Dunboyne +5 (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 (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 21 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BalbradaghDunboyne
The verdict

Dunboyne is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Balbradagh’s 0, with 3 level: affluence, education levels, affordability and access to its nearest city. Balbradagh doesn’t lead on any.

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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