BrayCo. Wicklow vs RathnewCo. 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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iBray sits in A98, Rathnew in A67. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Bray
Rathnew

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

TOWNS
Bray
Co. WICKLOW · in A98 · pop · 112 small areas
Rathnew
Co. WICKLOW · in A67 · pop · 9 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€495k
€306k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€400k – €620k
€291k – €353k
Sales (24m)
787
32
Price momentum (YoY)
+86.1%
-4.2%
New-build share
5.5%
4.0%
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
8 prim · 4 sec
2 prim · 0 sec
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
Rathnew · 2 schools (largest first)
St Coen's National School Primary
319 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin Primary
251 pupils · Inter Denominational
Creches
27
3
GP practices
6
0
Pharmacies
13
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
101
2
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
25
3
Parks & playgrounds
16
0
Sports pitches
34
5
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
47m · ~80 rush
Waterford
116m · ~130 rush
97m · ~110 rush
Limerick
147m · ~165 rush
164m · ~180 rush
Galway
159m · ~185 rush
175m · ~200 rush
Cork
186m · ~210 rush
194m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-0.8
1.3
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
Rathnew · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+1Wicklow RuralAbove average
Third-level educated
44.4%
45.4%
Professional class
44.1%
47.7%
Unemployment
8.8%
8.5%
Owner-occupier
69.2%
73.3%
Private rental
16.7%
10.6%
Social housing (LA)
12.1%
10.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A98 / A67
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BrayA98, RathnewA67); safety & crime are the DMR East Garda division.
Quality of Life
67/100
61/100
National rank
#31
#77
County rank
#2
#4
Safety
71/100
70/100
Crime / 1,000
41.6
43.8

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.

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.
Rathnew Above average+1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Wicklow Rural) — 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 East) — 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
BrayRathnew
The verdict

Bray is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Rathnew’s 2, with 2 level: schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city. Rathnew leads on affluence and 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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