BalbrigganCo. Fingal vs DonabateCo. FingalTown level

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

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iBalbriggan sits in K32, Donabate in K36. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Balbriggan
Donabate

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

TOWNS
Balbriggan
Co. FINGAL · in K32 · pop · 69 small areas
Donabate
Co. FINGAL · in K36 · pop · 29 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€319k
€436k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€269k – €385k
€327k – €467k
Sales (24m)
495
11
Price momentum (YoY)
+6.6%
New-build share
0.0%
25.0%
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
6 prim · 4 sec
4 prim · 1 sec
Balbriggan · 10 schools (largest first)
Loreto Secondary School Secondary
1,232 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Ardgillan Community College Secondary
1,001 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Bremore Educate Together Secondary School Secondary
836 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Balbriggan Community College Secondary
696 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Bracken Educate Together Ns Primary
383 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
S N Naomh Teresa Primary
377 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Chormaic Primary
376 pupils · Multi Denominational
S N Peadar Agus Pol N Primary
358 pupils · Catholic
Balbriggan Educate Together Ns Primary
357 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin Primary
337 pupils · Inter Denominational
Donabate · 5 schools (largest first)
Donabate Community College Secondary
813 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Donabate/portrane Educate Together Ns Primary
419 pupils · Multi Denominational
S N C Naomh Padraig Primary
384 pupils · Catholic
St Patricks Boys National School Primary
371 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Na Mara Primary
105 pupils · Multi Denominational
Creches
21
14
GP practices
0
2
Pharmacies
3
3
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
36
15
Rail / Luas stops
1
1
Gyms & leisure
11
3
Parks & playgrounds
12
2
Sports pitches
18
11
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
31m · ~60 rush
26m · ~50 rush
Waterford
136m · ~150 rush
132m · ~145 rush
Limerick
158m · ~175 rush
153m · ~170 rush
Galway
163m · ~185 rush
158m · ~180 rush
Cork
197m · ~220 rush
192m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-3.4
6.5
Balbriggan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6Balbriggan UrbanBelow average
-2Balbriggan RuralBelow average
Donabate · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+6DonabateAffluent
Third-level educated
36.8%
55.1%
Professional class
32.0%
55.5%
Unemployment
10.4%
6.7%
Owner-occupier
62.6%
78.9%
Private rental
21.4%
12.7%
Social housing (LA)
12.5%
5.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · K32 / K36
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BalbrigganK32, DonabateK36); safety & crime are the DMR North Garda division.
Quality of Life
64/100
68/100
National rank
#57
#27
County rank
#14
#8
Safety
59/100
48/100
Crime / 1,000
61.5
79.6

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.

Balbriggan Below average-3.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Balbriggan Urban -6 (least affluent) → Balbriggan Rural -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Donabate Affluent+6.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Donabate) — 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 (DMR North) — 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.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BalbrigganDonabate
The verdict

Balbriggan is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Donabate’s 3: schools & amenities, public transport, safety and affordability. Donabate leads on affluence, education levels 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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