BallsbridgeCo. Dublin vs CabraCo. DublinTown level

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

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iBallsbridge sits in D04, Cabra in D07. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
!Ballsbridge is a city suburb — its boundary follows the postal area (the Small Areas whose addresses carry the name), not an official settlement line, so it can run broader than the local core and the figures cover that wider postal patch.
Ballsbridge
Cabra

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

TOWNS
Ballsbridge
Co. Dublin · in D04 · pop 33,242 · 146 small areas
Cabra
Co. Dublin · in D07 · pop 23,681 · 101 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€800k
€483k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€560k – €1348k
€410k – €612k
Sales (24m)
923
398
Price momentum (YoY)
+34.2%
+5.9%
New-build share
1.6%
1.3%
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
10 prim · 7 sec
8 prim · 4 sec
Ballsbridge · 17 schools (largest first)
St Michaels College Secondary
726 pupils · 90% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
Muckross Park College Secondary
712 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School Secondary
436 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Sandford Park School Ltd Secondary
432 pupils · 85% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALFee-paying
St Conleths College Secondary
325 pupils · 85% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
Marian College Secondary
305 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
The Teresian School Secondary
239 pupils · 80% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
St Marys Central N S Primary
607 pupils · Catholic
St Christopher's Ns Primary
567 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Shellybanks Educate Together National School Primary
342 pupils · Multi Denominational
Scoil Mhuire Primary
277 pupils · Catholic
Star Of The Sea Primary
226 pupils · Catholic
Sn Paroiste Maitiu Nfa Primary
209 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Sandford Parish National School Primary
200 pupils · Church Of Ireland
John Scottus Ns Primary
166 pupils · Multi Denominational
Scoil Caitriona Na Mbraithre Primary
148 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Eoin Primary
50 pupils · Multi Denominational
Cabra · 12 schools (largest first)
St Declan's College Secondary
653 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Vincents C.b.s. Glasnevin Secondary
409 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Cabra Community College Secondary
260 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Coláiste Mhuire Secondary
256 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
St Peters Ns Primary
410 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Broombridge Educate Together National School Primary
374 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
St. Vincent's Primary School Primary
253 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Bharra Primary
214 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Fionnbarra Naofa B.n.s. Primary
110 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Christ The King B N S Primary
101 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Christ The King Girls Senior School Primary
77 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Christ The King I G Primary
40 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
32
15
GP practices
17
4
Pharmacies
12
10
Hospitals
3
0
Bus stops
116
105
Rail / Luas stops
2
7
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
8m · ~15 rush
9m · ~20 rush
Waterford
120m · ~135 rush
120m · ~135 rush
Limerick
142m · ~160 rush
141m · ~160 rush
Galway
151m · ~175 rush
146m · ~170 rush
Cork
181m · ~205 rush
180m · ~200 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
11
-3.3
Ballsbridge · 24 EDs, poorest → richest
-2Pembroke East ABelow average
-2Pembroke East ABelow average
+5Pembroke East DAffluent
+6Pembroke East DAffluent
+9South DockAffluent
+10Rathmines East AAffluent
+10Pembroke West AAffluent
+10Pembroke East BAffluent
+10Pembroke East EAffluent
+11South DockAffluent
+11Pembroke East BAffluent
+11Pembroke East CAffluent
+11Pembroke West CAffluent
+12Pembroke West AAffluent
+12Rathmines East DAffluent
+12Rathmines East BAffluent
+12Pembroke East CVery affluent
+12Pembroke West BVery affluent
+12Rathmines East AVery affluent
+13Pembroke West BVery affluent
+13Pembroke East EVery affluent
+13Rathmines East DVery affluent
+14Rathmines East BVery affluent
+15Pembroke West CVery affluent
Cabra · 14 EDs, poorest → richest
-17Cabra West BVery disadvantaged
-17Cabra West AVery disadvantaged
-14Cabra West ADisadvantaged
-12Cabra West BDisadvantaged
-11Cabra West CDisadvantaged
-9Cabra East BDisadvantaged
-7Cabra West CBelow average
-4Cabra West DBelow average
-4Cabra East BBelow average
-2Cabra West DBelow average
0Cabra East CBelow average
+3Cabra East CAbove average
+5Cabra East AAffluent
+7Cabra East AAffluent
Third-level educated
76.9%
40.5%
Professional class
60.7%
32.2%
Unemployment
5.6%
12.2%
Owner-occupier
43.8%
55.1%
Private rental
49.5%
30.2%
Social housing (LA)
3.2%
10.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · D04 / D07
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallsbridgeD04, CabraD07); safety & crime are the DMR South Garda division.
Quality of Life
65/100
52/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (D04 / D07) 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.

BallsbridgeCabraOverall (avg)
Safety65605210
Affordability1556
Infrastructure100100
Family3831
Education7840
Environment8082
Economic8643
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#49
#106
County rank
#12
#27
Safety
60/100
10/100
Crime / 1,000
60.2
250

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.

Ballsbridge Affluent+11.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Pembroke East A -2 (least affluent) → Pembroke West C +15 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Cabra Below average-3.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Cabra West B -17 (least affluent) → Cabra East A +7 (most affluent). It straddles 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 South) — 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 247 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallsbridgeCabra
The verdict

Ballsbridge is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Cabra’s 1, with 2 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and safety. Cabra leads on affordability.

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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