Town comparison · Delvin vs Mullingar

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Delvin or Mullingar?

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.

Delvin, Co. Westmeath · N91 · 393 people | Mullingar, Co. Westmeath · N91 · 22,150 people

Mullingar is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Delvin’s 1, with 1 level.

Delvin leads on
affordability
Mullingar leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
51334

Delvin aheadlevel or not comparableMullingar ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DelvinMullingar
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area N91 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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.

Delvin
Mullingar

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.

393
Population
22,150

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€308k
Median sale pricelower is better
€324k
Delvin leads
€218k – €343k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€253k – €375k
66
Sales (24m)
808
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+60.6%
9.1%
New-build share
26.7%

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
10 prim · 4 sec
Mullingar leads
Delvin · 1 schools (largest first)
Earnain Mxd N S Primary
110 pupils · Catholic
Mullingar · 14 schools (largest first)
St Finian's College Secondary
877 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Loreto College Secondary
839 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Colaiste Mhuire, Secondary
835 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Mullingar Community College Secondary
375 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Cholmain Naofa Primary
464 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Holy Family Primary School Primary
453 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Na Mbraithre Primary
426 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Mullingar Educate Together Ns Primary
379 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Scoil Na Maighdine Mhuire Primary
307 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Presentation Convent (jnr) Primary
284 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Kilpatrick Ns Primary
225 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil An Mhuilinn Primary
183 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil An Choillín Primary
145 pupils · Inter Denominational
S N Na Naomh Uile Primary
87 pupils · Church Of Ireland
2
Creches
22
Mullingar leads
N/A
GP practices
3
1
Pharmacies
9
Mullingar leads
1
Hospitals
6
Mullingar leads
2
Bus stops
61
Mullingar leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Mullingar leads
0
Gyms & leisure
21
Mullingar leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
7
Mullingar leads
4
Sports pitches
48
Mullingar 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
14
Mullingar leads
0
Cafés
18
Mullingar leads
7
Pubs & bars
25
Mullingar leads
4
Takeaways
14
Mullingar leads
0
Nightclubs
2
Mullingar leads
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Mullingar leads
36
Residents per venuelower is better
295
Delvin 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
10
Mullingar leads
2
Convenience shops
15
Mullingar leads
2
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
Mullingar leads
0
Banks
5
Mullingar leads
1
Post offices
2
Mullingar leads
2
Hairdressers
13
Mullingar leads
0
Dentists
2
Mullingar leads
0
Vets
1
Mullingar leads
1
Filling stations
13
Mullingar leads
0
EV charging
7
Mullingar leads
0
Library & community centre
4
Mullingar leads
49
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
291
Delvin 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.

73m · ~110 rush
Dublinlower is better
64m · ~100 rush
Mullingar leads
122m · ~145 rush
Galwaylower is better
103m · ~125 rush
Mullingar leads
149m · ~165 rush
Limericklower is better
130m · ~150 rush
Mullingar leads
161m · ~175 rush
Waterfordlower is better
143m · ~155 rush
Mullingar leads
196m · ~220 rush
Corklower is better
177m · ~200 rush
Mullingar leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-8.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.8
Mullingar leads
Delvin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11DelvinDisadvantaged
-6DelvinBelow average
Mullingar · 8 EDs, poorest → richest
-17Mullingar North UrbanVery disadvantaged
-13Mullingar North UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Mullingar South UrbanBelow average
-5Mullingar RuralBelow average
-2Mullingar RuralBelow average
-2Mullingar South UrbanBelow average
+4CastleAbove average
+10CastleAffluent
29.1%
Third-level educated
35.1%
Mullingar leads
29.2%
Professional class
32.7%
Mullingar leads
16.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
17.2%
Delvin leads
71.4%
Owner-occupier
59.7%
Delvin leads
16.8%
Private rental
27.4%
11.0%
Social housing (LA)
11.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · N91 / N91

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DelvinN91, MullingarN91); safety & crime are the Westmeath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

58/100
Quality of Life
58/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (N91 / N91) 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.

DelvinMullingarOverall (avg)
Safety58315831
Affordability8989
Infrastructure5959
Family7979
Education3939
Environment7474
Economic3535
020406080100020406080100
#89
National rank
#89
#2
County rank
#2
31/100
Safety
31/100
99.2
Crime / 1,000
99.2

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.

Delvin Disadvantaged-8.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Delvin -11 (least affluent) → Delvin -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Mullingar Below average-6.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Mullingar North Urban -17 (least affluent) → Castle +10 (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 (Westmeath), 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 80 CSO Small Areas.

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