BallsbridgeCo. Dublin vs RahenyCo. 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, Raheny in D05. 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
Raheny

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
Raheny
Co. Dublin · in D05 · pop 8,734 · 33 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€803k
€521k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€564k – €1341k
€440k – €675k
Sales (24m)
916
468
Price momentum (YoY)
+32.3%
-1.7%
New-build share
4.6%
20.9%
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 · 8 sec
8 prim · 1 sec
Ballsbridge · 18 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
Gonzaga College Secondary
573 pupils · 90% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
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
Raheny · 9 schools (largest first)
Manor House School Secondary
669 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Mhuire Iosef Junior Primary
339 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Assaim Boys Seniors Primary
313 pupils · Catholic
Naiscoil Ide Primary
307 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Aine Convent Senior Primary
307 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Mide Primary
221 pupils · Catholic
North Bay Educate Together Ns Primary
199 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Benedicts And St Marys National School Primary
165 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Eoin Primary
144 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
36
17
GP practices
25
N/A
Pharmacies
17
6
Hospitals
8
0
Bus stops
163
33
Rail / Luas stops
8
3
Gyms & leisure
45
9
Parks & playgrounds
27
0
Sports pitches
126
23
Social life● TOWN · counts
Places to eat, drink and go out inside the town boundary. The per 10,000 residents row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size.
Restaurants
84
8
Cafés
60
5
Pubs & bars
44
6
Takeaways
38
5
Nightclubs
2
0
Cinema & theatre
1
0
Per 10,000 residents
68.9 per 10k
27.5 per 10k
Ballsbridge is a large town and Raheny is a small town, so their national rankings aren’t like-for-like — each is ranked only against places of its own size. Compare them on the per-10,000 row instead.
Day-to-day● TOWN · counts
The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the per-10,000 row alongside the counts.
Supermarkets
14
1
Convenience shops
23
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
9
1
Banks
12
6
Post offices
4
1
Hairdressers
24
3
Dentists
19
3
Vets
2
1
Filling stations
7
2
EV charging
11
1
Library & community centre
8
1
Per 10,000 residents
40.0 per 10k
26.3 per 10k
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
16m · ~30 rush
Waterford
120m · ~135 rush
130m · ~145 rush
Limerick
142m · ~160 rush
152m · ~170 rush
Galway
151m · ~175 rush
157m · ~180 rush
Cork
181m · ~205 rush
191m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
11
-1.8
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
Raheny · 5 EDs, poorest → richest
-11Raheny-greendaleDisadvantaged
-6Raheny-greendaleBelow average
-4Raheny-foxfieldBelow average
-2Raheny-foxfieldBelow average
+8Raheny-st. AssamAffluent
Third-level educated
76.9%
40.8%
Professional class
60.7%
44.8%
Unemployment
5.6%
9.0%
Owner-occupier
43.8%
77.0%
Private rental
49.5%
10.4%
Social housing (LA)
3.2%
8.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · D04 / D05
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallsbridgeD04, RahenyD05); safety & crime are the DMR South Garda division.
Quality of Life
65/100
62/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (D04 / D05) 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.

BallsbridgeRahenyOverall (avg)
Safety65606259
Affordability1549
Infrastructure100100
Family3877
Education7826
Environment8074
Economic8647
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#50
#66
County rank
#13
#18
Safety
60/100
59/100
Crime / 1,000
60.2
61.5

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.
Raheny Below average-1.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Raheny-greendale -11 (least affluent) → Raheny-st. Assam +8 (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 179 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallsbridgeRaheny
The verdict

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