BalbrigganCo. Fingal vs Kinsealy-DrinanCo. 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, Kinsealy-Drinan in K67. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Balbriggan
Kinsealy-Drinan

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

TOWNS
Balbriggan
Co. FINGAL · in K32 · pop 22,570 · 69 small areas
Kinsealy-Drinan
Co. FINGAL · in K67 · pop 7,526 · 26 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€329k
€404k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€270k – €383k
€316k – €465k
Sales (24m)
561
138
Price momentum (YoY)
+10.1%
+20.9%
New-build share
0.7%
0.0%
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
2 prim · 0 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
Kinsealy-Drinan · 2 schools (largest first)
Holywell Educate Together National School Primary
644 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil An Duinninigh Primary
385 pupils · Catholic
Creches
21
9
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
3
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
36
10
Rail / Luas stops
1
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
31m · ~60 rush
21m · ~40 rush
Waterford
136m · ~150 rush
126m · ~140 rush
Limerick
158m · ~175 rush
148m · ~165 rush
Galway
163m · ~185 rush
153m · ~175 rush
Cork
197m · ~220 rush
187m · ~210 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.8
5.1
Balbriggan · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Balbriggan UrbanBelow average
-6Balbriggan UrbanBelow average
-5Balbriggan RuralBelow average
-2Balbriggan RuralBelow average
Kinsealy-Drinan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+5KinsaleyAffluent
+5KinsaleyAffluent
Third-level educated
34.4%
50.0%
Professional class
30.9%
44.5%
Unemployment
13.3%
6.8%
Owner-occupier
62.6%
68.0%
Private rental
23.0%
25.8%
Social housing (LA)
12.1%
4.4%
Liveability & safety● AREA · K32 / K67
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BalbrigganK32, Kinsealy-DrinanK67); safety & crime are the DMR North Garda division.
Quality of Life
64/100
64/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (K32 / K67) 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.

BalbrigganKinsealy-DrinanOverall (avg)
Safety64596448
Affordability8666
Infrastructure5075
Family6867
Education5056
Environment9574
Economic3862
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#57
#57
County rank
#14
#14
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-4.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Balbriggan Urban -8 (least affluent) → Balbriggan Rural -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Kinsealy-Drinan Affluent+5.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kinsaley +5 (least affluent) → Kinsaley +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 (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 95 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BalbrigganKinsealy-Drinan
The verdict

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