CarlingfordCo. Louth vs DroghedaCo. LouthTown level

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

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iCarlingford sits in A91, Drogheda in A92. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Carlingford
Drogheda

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

TOWNS
Carlingford
Co. LOUTH · in A91 · pop · 5 small areas
Drogheda
Co. LOUTH · in A92 · pop 17,314 · 145 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€255k
€323k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€158k – €330k
€259k – €370k
Sales (24m)
5
135
Price momentum (YoY)
+1081.4%
New-build share
0.0%
16.6%
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
0 prim · 0 sec
10 prim · 5 sec
Carlingford · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Drogheda · 15 schools (largest first)
St Oliver's Community College Secondary
1,517 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St. Joseph's C.b.s. Secondary
1,057 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Our Lady's College Secondary
973 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Mary's Diocesan School Secondary
915 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Sacred Heart Secondary School Secondary
706 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Marys Parish Primary School Primary
972 pupils · Catholic
St Brigid's And St Patrick's National School Primary
573 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Pauls Senior Ns Primary
471 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Rathmullan N S Primary
412 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Aston Village Educate Together National School Primary
373 pupils · Multi Denominational
Scoil Na Mbraithre Sn Primary
345 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Ard Mhuire C Primary
313 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Naomh Seosamh Primary
295 pupils · Catholic
S N Aonghusa Primary
162 pupils · Catholic
S N Naomh Peadar Primary
92 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
0
28
GP practices
0
4
Pharmacies
2
8
Hospitals
1
3
Bus stops
5
90
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
2
17
Parks & playgrounds
2
6
Sports pitches
5
43
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
82m · ~115 rush
42m · ~75 rush
Waterford
187m · ~200 rush
148m · ~160 rush
Limerick
209m · ~225 rush
169m · ~185 rush
Galway
205m · ~230 rush
174m · ~200 rush
Cork
248m · ~270 rush
208m · ~230 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.6
-6.6
Carlingford · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-3CarlingfordBelow average
Drogheda · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-12West GateDisadvantaged
-9Fair GateDisadvantaged
-4St. Lawrence GateBelow average
-4St. Mary's (part)Below average
-3St. Mary'sBelow average
-2St. Peter'sBelow average
Third-level educated
41.9%
32.8%
Professional class
36.5%
31.5%
Unemployment
10.3%
11.6%
Owner-occupier
61.8%
67.1%
Private rental
20.0%
19.2%
Social housing (LA)
14.1%
10.4%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A91 / A92
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CarlingfordA91, DroghedaA92); safety & crime are the Louth Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
67/100
67/100
National rank
#31
#31
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
54/100
54/100
Crime / 1,000
68
68

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.

Carlingford Below average-2.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Carlingford) — below the national average.
Drogheda Below average-6.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: West Gate -12 (least affluent) → St. Peter's -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below 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 (Louth) — 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 150 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CarlingfordDrogheda
The verdict

Carlingford and Drogheda are closely matched — each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level. Carlingford is ahead on affluence, education levels and affordability; Drogheda on schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city.

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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