DonabateCo. Fingal vs MalahideCo. 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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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area K36 — 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.
Donabate
Malahide

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
Malahide
Co. FINGAL · in K36 · pop · 58 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€436k
€610k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€327k – €467k
€450k – €850k
Sales (24m)
11
709
Price momentum (YoY)
-4.1%
New-build share
25.0%
15.1%
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
4 prim · 1 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
Malahide · 5 schools (largest first)
Malahide Community School Secondary
1,246 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Oliver Plunkett Primary
869 pupils · Catholic
John Paul Ii N S Primary
677 pupils · Catholic
Sn N Sailbheastar Nfa Primary
376 pupils · Catholic
St Andrews N S Primary
207 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
14
14
GP practices
2
0
Pharmacies
3
3
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
15
36
Rail / Luas stops
1
1
Gyms & leisure
3
8
Parks & playgrounds
2
8
Sports pitches
11
32
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
24m · ~50 rush
Waterford
132m · ~145 rush
131m · ~145 rush
Limerick
153m · ~170 rush
152m · ~170 rush
Galway
158m · ~180 rush
157m · ~180 rush
Cork
192m · ~215 rush
191m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
6.5
7.5
Donabate · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+6DonabateAffluent
Malahide · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
+5Swords-seatownAffluent
+8Malahide WestAffluent
+8Malahide EastAffluent
Third-level educated
55.1%
59.7%
Professional class
55.5%
61.7%
Unemployment
6.7%
5.2%
Owner-occupier
78.9%
78.2%
Private rental
12.7%
18.3%
Social housing (LA)
5.3%
2.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · K36 / K36
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DonabateK36, MalahideK36); safety & crime are the DMR West Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
68/100
68/100
National rank
#27
#27
County rank
#8
#8
Safety
48/100
48/100
Crime / 1,000
79.6
79.6

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.
Malahide Affluent+7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Swords-seatown +6 (least affluent) → Malahide East +8 (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 (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 87 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DonabateMalahide
The verdict

Malahide is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Donabate’s 1, with 3 level: education levels, schools & amenities and public transport. Donabate 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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