Town comparison · Chapelizod vs Clontarf

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Chapelizod or Clontarf?

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.

Chapelizod, Co. Dublin · D20 · 3,397 people | Clontarf, Co. Dublin · D03 · 33,922 people

Clontarf is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Chapelizod’s 1, with 3 level.

Chapelizod leads on
affordability
Clontarf leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportsafety
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Chapelizod aheadlevel or not comparableClontarf ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ChapelizodClontarf
iChapelizod sits in D20, Clontarf in D03. 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.

Chapelizod
Clontarf

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.

3,397
Population
33,922

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€378k
Median sale pricelower is better
€652k
Chapelizod leads
€332k – €486k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€495k – €866k
76
Sales (24m)
788
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+29.5%
0.0%
New-build share
4.9%

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.

5 prim · 0 sec
Schools
10 prim · 4 sec
Clontarf leads
Chapelizod · 5 schools (largest first)
St Raphaels Ns Primary
377 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Michaels Ns Primary
331 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Gabriels Ns Primary
234 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Patricks Ns Primary
202 pupils · Catholic
Chapelizod N S Primary
30 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Clontarf · 14 schools (largest first)
Mount Temple Comprehensive School Secondary
899 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CHURCH OF IRELAND
Holy Faith Secondary School Secondary
665 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Pauls College Secondary
637 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Árdscoil Rís Secondary
560 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
S N Eoin Baisde Girls Senior Primary
408 pupils · Catholic
St Vincents De Paul Junior N S Primary
354 pupils · Catholic
S N Mhuire Na Mbrathar Primary
342 pupils · Catholic
Sn Eoin Baisde Boys Senior School Primary
318 pupils · Catholic
Eoin Baisde B Sois Primary
310 pupils · Catholic
St Vincent De Paul Senior School Primary
297 pupils · Catholic
S N Na Lanai Glasa Primary
281 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Eoin Baisde C Naoidh Primary
203 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Chiarain Primary
159 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Killester Raheny Clontarf Educate Together National School Primary
153 pupils · Multi Denominational
5
Creches
13
Clontarf leads
1
GP practices
5
Clontarf leads
1
Pharmacies
12
Clontarf leads
0
Hospitals
3
Clontarf leads
25
Bus stops
88
Clontarf leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
15
Clontarf leads
4
Parks & playgrounds
11
Clontarf leads
7
Sports pitches
68
Clontarf 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.

1
Restaurants
14
Clontarf leads
4
Cafés
9
Clontarf leads
6
Pubs & bars
7
Clontarf leads
0
Takeaways
12
Clontarf leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Clontarf leads
309
Residents per venuelower is better
789
Chapelizod leads

Chapelizod is a small town and Clontarf is a large town, so their national rankings aren’t like-for-like — each is ranked only against places of its own size. Compare them on the residents-per-venue row instead.

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
2
Clontarf leads
3
Convenience shops
8
Clontarf leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Clontarf leads
0
Banks
3
Clontarf leads
0
Post offices
2
Clontarf leads
2
Hairdressers
14
Clontarf leads
1
Dentists
4
Clontarf leads
0
Vets
2
Clontarf leads
1
Filling stations
1
0
EV charging
2
Clontarf leads
1
Library & community centre
1
425
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
827
Chapelizod 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.

11m · ~20 rush
Dublinlower is better
10m · ~20 rush
Clontarf leads
113m · ~125 rush
Waterfordlower is better
128m · ~140 rush
Chapelizod leads
135m · ~155 rush
Limericklower is better
149m · ~165 rush
Chapelizod leads
139m · ~165 rush
Galwaylower is better
154m · ~180 rush
Chapelizod leads
174m · ~195 rush
Corklower is better
188m · ~210 rush
Chapelizod leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
5.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
6.1
Clontarf leads
Chapelizod · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+5ChapelizodAffluent
+5ChapelizodAffluent
Clontarf · 20 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Clontarf West BBelow average
-4Clontarf West BBelow average
+1Clontarf East AAbove average
+4Clontarf West AAbove average
+4Clontarf West EAbove average
+4Clontarf East AAffluent
+4Clontarf West AAffluent
+6Clontarf West DAffluent
+7Clontarf East CAffluent
+7Clontarf West EAffluent
+8Clontarf East EAffluent
+8Clontarf West DAffluent
+8Clontarf East CAffluent
+9Clontarf East BAffluent
+9Clontarf East BAffluent
+9Clontarf East EAffluent
+9Clontarf West CAffluent
+10Clontarf East DAffluent
+11Clontarf East DAffluent
+12Clontarf West CAffluent
58.2%
Third-level educated
57.1%
Chapelizod leads
47.6%
Professional class
56.2%
Clontarf leads
7.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
6.4%
Clontarf leads
47.6%
Owner-occupier
72.0%
Clontarf leads
36.8%
Private rental
21.4%
10.5%
Social housing (LA)
3.6%

Liveability & safety

AREA · D20 / D03

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ChapelizodD20, ClontarfD03); safety & crime are the DMR West Garda division.

65/100
Quality of Life
63/100
Chapelizod leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (D20 / D03) 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.

ChapelizodClontarfOverall (avg)
Safety65486359
Affordability6246
Infrastructure100100
Family6237
Education6156
Environment8474
Economic3972
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#50
National ranklower is better
#62
Chapelizod leads
#13
County ranklower is better
#17
Chapelizod leads
48/100
Safety
59/100
Clontarf leads
79.6
Crime / 1,000lower is better
61.5
Clontarf leads

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.

Chapelizod Affluent+5.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Chapelizod +5 (least affluent) → Chapelizod +5 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Clontarf Affluent+6.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clontarf West B -7 (least affluent) → Clontarf West C +12 (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 West), 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 146 CSO Small Areas.

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