Town comparison · Delgany vs Dunlavin

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Delgany or Dunlavin?

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.

Delgany, Co. Wicklow · A63 · 7,707 people | Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow · W91 · 1,074 people

Delgany is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 6 of the 7 dimensions to Dunlavin’s 1.

Delgany leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportsafetyaccess to its nearest city
Dunlavin leads on
affordability
16288

Delgany aheadlevel or not comparableDunlavin ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DelganyDunlavin
iDelgany sits in A63, Dunlavin in W91. 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.

Delgany
Dunlavin

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.

7,707
Population
1,074

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€621k
Median sale pricelower is better
€383k
Dunlavin leads
€514k – €736k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€305k – €427k
344
Sales (24m)
61
+6.1%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
47.7%
New-build share
52.5%

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
2 prim · 1 sec
Dunlavin leads
Delgany · 1 schools (largest first)
Gaelscoil Na Gcloch Liath Primary
256 pupils · Inter Denominational
Dunlavin · 3 schools (largest first)
St Kevin's Community College Secondary
803 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Nicolais Naofa Primary
243 pupils · Catholic
Jonathan Swift Ns Primary
42 pupils · Church Of Ireland
2
Creches
1
Delgany leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
11
Bus stops
2
Delgany leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
2
0
Parks & playgrounds
1
Dunlavin leads
14
Sports pitches
6
Delgany 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.

0
Restaurants
0
2
Cafés
0
Delgany leads
2
Pubs & bars
0
Delgany leads
0
Takeaways
0
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
1,927
Residents per venue
N/A

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
0
Convenience shops
0
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
0
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
0
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
4
Dunlavin leads
N/A
Residents per shop or service
269

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.

40m · ~75 rush
Dublinlower is better
55m · ~90 rush
Delgany leads
113m · ~125 rush
Waterfordlower is better
83m · ~95 rush
Dunlavin leads
156m · ~175 rush
Limericklower is better
121m · ~140 rush
Dunlavin leads
195m · ~215 rush
Corklower is better
160m · ~180 rush
Dunlavin leads
168m · ~190 rush
Galwaylower is better
160m · ~185 rush
Dunlavin leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
6.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.6
Delgany leads
Delgany · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+5DelganyAffluent
+8DelganyAffluent
Dunlavin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11DunlavinDisadvantaged
-6DunlavinBelow average
57.6%
Third-level educated
26.8%
Delgany leads
60.4%
Professional class
30.1%
Delgany leads
7.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
15.1%
Delgany leads
81.9%
Owner-occupier
66.4%
Delgany leads
10.3%
Private rental
12.3%
8.0%
Social housing (LA)
14.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · A63 / W91

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DelganyA63, DunlavinW91); safety & crime are the Wicklow Garda division.

71/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Delgany leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A63 / W91) 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.

DelganyDunlavinOverall (avg)
Safety71706663
Affordability4166
Infrastructure6964
Family8081
Education7656
Environment8073
Economic8162
020406080100020406080100
#10
National ranklower is better
#35
Delgany leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Delgany leads
70/100
Safety
63/100
Delgany leads
43.8
Crime / 1,000lower is better
55.1
Delgany 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.

Delgany Affluent+6.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Delgany +5 (least affluent) → Delgany +8 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Dunlavin Disadvantaged-8.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Dunlavin -11 (least affluent) → Dunlavin -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below 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 (Wicklow), 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 28 CSO Small Areas.

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