Town comparison · Cheekpoint vs Dungarvan

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Cheekpoint or Dungarvan?

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.

Cheekpoint, Co. Waterford · X91 · 242 people | Dungarvan, Co. Waterford · X35 · 8,427 people

Cheekpoint is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Dungarvan’s 1, with 2 level.

Cheekpoint leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Dungarvan leads on
schools & amenities
111328

Cheekpoint aheadlevel or not comparableDungarvan ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CheekpointDungarvan
iCheekpoint sits in X91, Dungarvan in X35. 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.

Cheekpoint
Dungarvan

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.

242
Population
8,427

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€275k
Median sale pricelower is better
€314k
Cheekpoint leads
€204k – €361k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€235k – €430k
6
Sales (24m)
301
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+7.7%
N/A
New-build share
2.7%

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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
4 prim · 4 sec
Dungarvan leads
Cheekpoint · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Faiche Liag Primary
205 pupils · Catholic
Dungarvan · 8 schools (largest first)
St Augustines College Secondary
1,065 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Na Mbraithre Secondary
342 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Ardscoil Na Ndéise Secondary
268 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Dungarvan College-coláiste Dhún Garbhán Secondary
254 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Dun Na Mainistreach Primary
482 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Gearbhain Primary
320 pupils · Catholic
St Marys Ns Primary
253 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Naomh Seosamh Primary
150 pupils · CatholicDEIS
1
Creches
9
Dungarvan leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
5
Dungarvan leads
0
Hospitals
1
Dungarvan leads
0
Bus stops
6
Dungarvan leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
12
Dungarvan leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
5
Dungarvan leads
2
Sports pitches
24
Dungarvan 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
10
Dungarvan leads
0
Cafés
9
Dungarvan leads
0
Pubs & bars
11
Dungarvan leads
0
Takeaways
7
Dungarvan leads
0
Nightclubs
1
Dungarvan leads
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Dungarvan leads
242
Residents per venuelower is better
216
Dungarvan 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
5
Dungarvan leads
0
Convenience shops
6
Dungarvan leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Dungarvan leads
0
Banks
2
Dungarvan leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
4
Dungarvan leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
2
Dungarvan leads
0
Filling stations
4
Dungarvan leads
0
EV charging
6
Dungarvan leads
0
Library & community centre
3
Dungarvan leads
242
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
241
Dungarvan 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.

17m · ~25 rush
Waterfordlower is better
44m · ~60 rush
Cheekpoint leads
120m · ~140 rush
Corklower is better
65m · ~85 rush
Dungarvan leads
136m · ~155 rush
Limericklower is better
117m · ~135 rush
Dungarvan leads
135m · ~170 rush
Dublinlower is better
150m · ~185 rush
Cheekpoint leads
205m · ~230 rush
Galwaylower is better
188m · ~210 rush
Dungarvan leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
1.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8
Cheekpoint leads
Cheekpoint · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+2FaithleggAbove average
Dungarvan · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-15Dungarvan No. 1 UrbanDisadvantaged
-12Dungarvan No. 1 UrbanDisadvantaged
-3Dungarvan RuralBelow average
-2Dungarvan No. 2 UrbanBelow average
-1Dungarvan RuralBelow average
+3Dungarvan No. 2 UrbanAbove average
45.2%
Third-level educated
31.5%
Cheekpoint leads
47.0%
Professional class
29.6%
Cheekpoint leads
6.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
15.1%
Cheekpoint leads
84.1%
Owner-occupier
59.3%
Cheekpoint leads
8.7%
Private rental
19.1%
4.8%
Social housing (LA)
19.1%

Liveability & safety

AREA · X91 / X35

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CheekpointX91, DungarvanX35); safety & crime are the Waterford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

65/100
Quality of Life
57/100
Cheekpoint leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (X91 / X35) 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.

CheekpointDungarvanOverall (avg)
Safety65515751
Affordability10089
Infrastructure9440
Family6673
Education3230
Environment8274
Economic3142
020406080100020406080100
#50
National ranklower is better
#93
Cheekpoint leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Cheekpoint leads
51/100
Safety
51/100
75.8
Crime / 1,000
75.8

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.

Cheekpoint Above average+1.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Faithlegg) — above the national average.
Dungarvan Below average-8.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Dungarvan No. 1 Urban -15 (least affluent) → Dungarvan No. 2 Urban +3 (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 (Waterford), 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 32 CSO Small Areas.

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