CrossakeelCo. Meath vs DunshaughlinCo. MeathTown level

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

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iCrossakeel sits in , Dunshaughlin in A85. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Crossakeel
Dunshaughlin

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

TOWNS
Crossakeel
Co. MEATH · in · pop 218 · 1 small areas
Dunshaughlin
Co. MEATH · in A85 · pop 4,810 · 14 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€273k
€419k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€239k – €303k
€396k – €463k
Sales (24m)
6
425
Price momentum (YoY)
-5.7%
-33.9%
New-build share
0.0%
54.5%
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
3 prim · 2 sec
Crossakeel · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Dunshaughlin · 5 schools (largest first)
Community College Dunshaughlin Secondary
1,135 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Coláiste Rioga Secondary
193 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
S N Seachnaill Naofa Primary
623 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Na Rithe Primary
218 pupils · Catholic
Dunshaughlin Community National School Primary
116 pupils · Multi Denominational
Creches
0
7
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
0
3
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
5
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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
65m · ~100 rush
33m · ~65 rush
Waterford
161m · ~175 rush
129m · ~145 rush
Galway
138m · ~160 rush
142m · ~165 rush
Limerick
165m · ~185 rush
151m · ~170 rush
Cork
213m · ~235 rush
190m · ~210 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.5
4.2
Crossakeel · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-1CrossakeelBelow average
-1CrossakeelBelow average
Dunshaughlin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+2DunshaughlinAbove average
+6DunshaughlinAffluent
Third-level educated
36.6%
47.9%
Professional class
37.8%
49.7%
Unemployment
9.8%
7.2%
Owner-occupier
80.4%
82.1%
Private rental
12.1%
12.5%
Social housing (LA)
4.9%
4.6%
Liveability & safety● AREA · / A85
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Crossakeel, DunshaughlinA85); safety & crime are the Garda division.
Quality of Life
72/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area ( / A85) 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.

CrossakeelDunshaughlinOverall (avg)
Safety7247
Affordability56
Infrastructure89
Family86
Education66
Environment82
Economic76
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National rank
#4
County rank
#1
Safety
47/100
Crime / 1,000
76

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.

Crossakeel Below average-1.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Crossakeel) — below the national average.
Dunshaughlin Affluent+4.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Dunshaughlin +2 (least affluent) → Dunshaughlin +6 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is 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 () — 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 15 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CrossakeelDunshaughlin
The verdict

Dunshaughlin is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Crossakeel’s 1, with 2 level: affluence, education levels, safety and access to its nearest city. Crossakeel leads on 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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