Town comparison · Carlingford vs Termonfeckin

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Carlingford or Termonfeckin?

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.

Carlingford, Co. Louth · A91 · 1,724 people | Termonfeckin, Co. Louth · A92 · 1,983 people

Carlingford is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Termonfeckin’s 2, with 2 level.

Carlingford leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaffordability
Termonfeckin leads on
affluenceaccess to its nearest city
192211

Carlingford aheadlevel or not comparableTermonfeckin ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CarlingfordTermonfeckin
iCarlingford sits in A91, Termonfeckin in A92. 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.

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

Carlingford
Termonfeckin

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.

1,724
Population
1,983

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€331k
Median sale pricelower is better
€352k
Carlingford leads
€255k – €393k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€326k – €398k
69
Sales (24m)
127
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
5.8%
New-build share
63.8%

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 · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Carlingford leads
Carlingford · 4 schools (largest first)
S N Talamh Na Manach Primary
139 pupils · Catholic
St Olivers Ns Primary
127 pupils · Catholic
S N Mhuire Primary
97 pupils · Catholic
S N Mullach Bui Primary
69 pupils · Catholic
Termonfeckin · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Náisíunta Naomh Feichín Primary
311 pupils · Catholic
2
Creches
1
Carlingford leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
0
Carlingford leads
1
Hospitals
0
Carlingford leads
13
Bus stops
2
Carlingford leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
3
Gyms & leisure
0
Carlingford leads
3
Parks & playgrounds
0
Carlingford leads
11
Sports pitches
11

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.

5
Restaurants
1
Carlingford leads
6
Cafés
0
Carlingford leads
10
Pubs & bars
0
Carlingford leads
2
Takeaways
0
Carlingford leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
75
Residents per venuelower is better
1,983
Carlingford 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.

0
Supermarkets
0
2
Convenience shops
1
Carlingford leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
2
Banks
0
Carlingford leads
3
Post offices
1
Carlingford leads
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
1
Termonfeckin leads
2
EV charging
0
Carlingford leads
3
Library & community centre
0
Carlingford leads
133
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
496
Carlingford 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.

82m · ~115 rush
Dublinlower is better
52m · ~85 rush
Termonfeckin leads
187m · ~200 rush
Waterfordlower is better
158m · ~170 rush
Termonfeckin leads
209m · ~225 rush
Limericklower is better
179m · ~195 rush
Termonfeckin leads
205m · ~230 rush
Galwaylower is better
182m · ~205 rush
Termonfeckin leads
248m · ~270 rush
Corklower is better
218m · ~240 rush
Termonfeckin leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
1.8
Termonfeckin leads
Carlingford · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4CarlingfordBelow average
-3CarlingfordBelow average
Termonfeckin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+1TermonfeckinAbove average
+2TermonfeckinAbove average
41.0%
Third-level educated
41.8%
Termonfeckin leads
35.9%
Professional class
46.9%
Termonfeckin leads
12.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
7.7%
Termonfeckin leads
61.8%
Owner-occupier
83.1%
Termonfeckin leads
20.3%
Private rental
7.9%
14.3%
Social housing (LA)
6.7%

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, TermonfeckinA92); safety & crime are the Louth Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

67/100
Quality of Life
67/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A91 / A92) 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.

CarlingfordTermonfeckinOverall (avg)
Safety67546754
Affordability9488
Infrastructure9393
Family7373
Education3848
Environment8274
Economic3236
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#31
National rank
#31
#1
County rank
#1
54/100
Safety
54/100
68
Crime / 1,000
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-3.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Carlingford -4 (least affluent) → Carlingford -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Termonfeckin Above average+1.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Termonfeckin +1 (least affluent) → Termonfeckin +3 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above 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 (Louth), 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 11 CSO Small Areas.

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The stronger town on the data.

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