DonabateCo. Fingal vs LuskCo. FingalTown level

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

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iDonabate sits in K36, Lusk in K45. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Donabate
Lusk

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

TOWNS
Donabate
Co. FINGAL · in K36 · pop · 29 small areas
Lusk
Co. FINGAL · in K45 · pop · 24 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€436k
€485k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€327k – €467k
€458k – €518k
Sales (24m)
11
8
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
25.0%
16.7%
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
4 prim · 1 sec
2 prim · 0 sec
Donabate · 5 schools (largest first)
Donabate Community College Secondary
813 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Donabate/portrane Educate Together Ns Primary
419 pupils · Multi Denominational
S N C Naomh Padraig Primary
384 pupils · Catholic
St Patricks Boys National School Primary
371 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Na Mara Primary
105 pupils · Multi Denominational
Lusk · 2 schools (largest first)
S N Lusca Primary
416 pupils · Catholic
Lusk Junior National School St Maccullins Primary
382 pupils · Catholic
Creches
14
12
GP practices
2
3
Pharmacies
3
3
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
15
6
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
3
4
Parks & playgrounds
2
6
Sports pitches
11
3
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
26m · ~50 rush
26m · ~50 rush
Waterford
132m · ~145 rush
132m · ~145 rush
Limerick
153m · ~170 rush
153m · ~170 rush
Galway
158m · ~180 rush
158m · ~180 rush
Cork
192m · ~215 rush
192m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
6.5
1.2
Donabate · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+6DonabateAffluent
Lusk · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+1LuskAbove average
Third-level educated
55.1%
41.7%
Professional class
55.5%
42.8%
Unemployment
6.7%
6.8%
Owner-occupier
78.9%
77.6%
Private rental
12.7%
12.9%
Social housing (LA)
5.3%
7.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · K36 / K45
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DonabateK36, LuskK45); safety & crime are the DMR West Garda division.
Quality of Life
68/100
70/100
National rank
#27
#11
County rank
#8
#1
Safety
48/100
59/100
Crime / 1,000
79.6
61.5

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.

Donabate Affluent+6.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Donabate) — above the national average.
Lusk Above average+1.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Lusk) — 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 (DMR West) — 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 53 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DonabateLusk
The verdict

Donabate is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Lusk’s 1, with 1 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and affordability. Lusk leads on safety.

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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