Town comparison · Ballsbridge vs Templeogue

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Ballsbridge or Templeogue?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Ballsbridge, Co. Dublin · D04 · 33,242 people | Templeogue, Co. Dublin · D6W · 18,076 people

Ballsbridge is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Templeogue’s 0, with 3 level.

Ballsbridge leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transport
231514

Ballsbridge aheadlevel or not comparableTempleogue ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallsbridgeTempleogue
iBallsbridge sits in D04, Templeogue in D6W. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.
!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.

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

Ballsbridge
Templeogue

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

33,242
Population
18,076

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€805k
Median sale pricelower is better
€700k
Templeogue leads
€565k – €1348k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€584k – €840k
903
Sales (24m)
383
+32.1%
Price momentum (YoY)
+3.1%
4.4%
New-build share
2.3%

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

4 prim · 2 sec
Schools
4 prim · 1 sec
Ballsbridge leads
Ballsbridge · 6 schools (largest first)
St Michaels College Secondary
726 pupils · 90% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
The Teresian School Secondary
239 pupils · 80% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
St Christopher's Ns Primary
567 pupils · CatholicDEIS
John Scottus Ns Primary
166 pupils · Multi Denominational
Scoil Caitriona Na Mbraithre Primary
148 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Eoin Primary
50 pupils · Multi Denominational
Templeogue · 5 schools (largest first)
St Mac Dara's Community College Secondary
901 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Bishop Galvin Ns Primary
450 pupils · Catholic
Bishop Shanahan Ns Primary
441 pupils · Catholic
Riverview Educate Together National School Primary
234 pupils · Multi Denominational
Rathfarnham Parish N S Primary
220 pupils · Church Of Ireland
14
Creches
8
Ballsbridge leads
1
GP practices
3
Templeogue leads
3
Pharmacies
2
Ballsbridge leads
5
Hospitals
0
Ballsbridge leads
58
Bus stops
38
Ballsbridge leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
11
Gyms & leisure
11
7
Parks & playgrounds
7
56
Sports pitches
43
Ballsbridge leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

24
Restaurants
0
Ballsbridge leads
21
Cafés
2
Ballsbridge leads
14
Pubs & bars
4
Ballsbridge leads
12
Takeaways
1
Ballsbridge leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Templeogue leads
468
Residents per venuelower is better
2,260
Ballsbridge leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

6
Supermarkets
2
Ballsbridge leads
5
Convenience shops
4
Ballsbridge leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Templeogue leads
2
Banks
1
Ballsbridge leads
2
Post offices
0
Ballsbridge leads
4
Hairdressers
3
Ballsbridge leads
5
Dentists
0
Ballsbridge leads
0
Vets
0
2
Filling stations
4
Templeogue leads
5
EV charging
2
Ballsbridge leads
0
Library & community centre
0
1,072
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
1,004
Templeogue leads

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.

8m · ~15 rush
Dublinlower is better
14m · ~30 rush
Ballsbridge leads
120m · ~135 rush
Waterfordlower is better
112m · ~125 rush
Templeogue leads
142m · ~160 rush
Limericklower is better
134m · ~150 rush
Templeogue leads
151m · ~175 rush
Galwaylower is better
145m · ~170 rush
Templeogue leads
181m · ~205 rush
Corklower is better
173m · ~195 rush
Templeogue leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
11
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.6
Ballsbridge leads
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
Templeogue · 12 EDs, poorest → richest
-6Templeogue-limekilnBelow average
-1Templeogue-limekilnBelow average
+1Templeogue-ospreyAbove average
+2Templeogue-orwellAbove average
+2Templeogue-ospreyAbove average
+4Templeogue-cypressAffluent
+5Templeogue-orwellAffluent
+7Templeogue-cypressAffluent
+8Templeogue VillageAffluent
+9Templeogue VillageAffluent
+10Templeogue-kimmage ManorAffluent
+10Templeogue-kimmage ManorAffluent
76.9%
Third-level educated
52.4%
Ballsbridge leads
60.7%
Professional class
56.4%
Ballsbridge leads
5.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
5.7%
Ballsbridge leads
43.8%
Owner-occupier
86.4%
Templeogue leads
49.5%
Private rental
10.8%
3.2%
Social housing (LA)
0.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · D04 / D6W

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallsbridgeD04, TempleogueD6W); safety & crime are the DMR South Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

65/100
Quality of Life
71/100
Templeogue leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (D04 / D6W) 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.

BallsbridgeTempleogueOverall (avg)
Safety65607160
Affordability1510
Infrastructure100100
Family3884
Education7882
Environment8067
Economic8694
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#50
National ranklower is better
#10
Templeogue leads
#13
County ranklower is better
#2
Templeogue leads
60/100
Safety
60/100
60.2
Crime / 1,000
60.2

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.
Templeogue Affluent+4.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Templeogue-limekiln -6 (least affluent) → Templeogue-kimmage Manor +10 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and 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.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (DMR South), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 211 CSO Small Areas.

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