BaltinglassCo. Wicklow vs BrayCo. WicklowTown level

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

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iBaltinglass sits in W91, Bray in A98. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Baltinglass
Bray

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

TOWNS
Baltinglass
Co. WICKLOW · in W91 · pop · 9 small areas
Bray
Co. WICKLOW · in A98 · pop · 112 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€322k
€495k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€273k – €346k
€400k – €620k
Sales (24m)
43
787
Price momentum (YoY)
+30.1%
+86.1%
New-build share
28.3%
5.5%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
8 prim · 4 sec
Baltinglass · 3 schools (largest first)
Scoil Chonglais Secondary
447 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Naomh Iosaf Primary
382 pupils · Catholic
Stratford Lodge Ns Primary
73 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Bray · 12 schools (largest first)
Loreto Secondary School Secondary
735 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Kilian's Community School Secondary
417 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Coláiste Raithín Secondary
342 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
North Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School Secondary
325 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Padraig Naofa Primary
715 pupils · Catholic
Ravenswell Primary School Primary
462 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Cronan Naofa N S Primary
392 pupils · Catholic
St Fergal's National School Primary
391 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Bray School Project N S Primary
231 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Andrews N S Primary
209 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Gaelscoil Ui Cheadaigh Primary
188 pupils · Catholic
St. Peter's Primary School Primary
155 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
4
27
GP practices
0
6
Pharmacies
1
13
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
6
101
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
2
25
Parks & playgrounds
1
16
Sports pitches
5
34
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
66m · ~100 rush
31m · ~60 rush
Waterford
79m · ~95 rush
116m · ~130 rush
Limerick
125m · ~145 rush
147m · ~165 rush
Galway
166m · ~190 rush
159m · ~185 rush
Cork
164m · ~185 rush
186m · ~210 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.8
-0.8
Baltinglass · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-7BaltinglassBelow average
Bray · 7 EDs, poorest → richest
-16Rathmichael (bray)Very disadvantaged
-5Bray No. 1Below average
-1Bray No. 3Below average
0KilmacanogeBelow average
+3Bray No. 2Above average
+4Shankill-rathmichaelAffluent
+4Shankill-shanganaghAffluent
Third-level educated
31.0%
44.4%
Professional class
28.5%
44.1%
Unemployment
11.5%
8.8%
Owner-occupier
64.1%
69.2%
Private rental
14.9%
16.7%
Social housing (LA)
16.4%
12.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · W91 / A98
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BaltinglassW91, BrayA98); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division.
Quality of Life
66/100
67/100
National rank
#35
#31
County rank
#2
#2
Safety
63/100
71/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
41.6

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.

Baltinglass Below average-6.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Baltinglass) — below the national average.
Bray Below average-0.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Rathmichael (bray) -16 (least affluent) → Shankill-shanganagh +4 (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 (Kildare) — 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 121 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BaltinglassBray
The verdict

Bray is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 6 of the 7 dimensions to Baltinglass’s 1: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport, safety and access to its nearest city. Baltinglass 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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