DonabateCo. Fingal vs SwordsCo. 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, Swords in K67. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Donabate
Swords

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
Swords
Co. FINGAL · in K67 · pop · 124 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€436k
€415k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€327k – €467k
€335k – €495k
Sales (24m)
11
944
Price momentum (YoY)
+1.2%
New-build share
25.0%
0.1%
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
9 prim · 4 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
Swords · 13 schools (largest first)
Fingal Community College Secondary
866 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Finians Community College Secondary
661 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Loreto College Secondary
632 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Choilm Secondary
425 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Holy Family Senior N S Primary
627 pupils · Catholic
Holy Family Junior N S Primary
581 pupils · Catholic
Brackenstown Senior N S Primary
569 pupils · Catholic
St Cronans Junior National School Primary
499 pupils · Catholic
S N Cholmcille C Primary
371 pupils · Catholic
S N Cholmille B Primary
335 pupils · Catholic
Thornleigh Educate Together National School Primary
299 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
River Valley Cns Primary
140 pupils · Multi Denominational
Swords Borough N S Primary
90 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
14
33
GP practices
2
5
Pharmacies
3
12
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
15
94
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
3
14
Parks & playgrounds
2
19
Sports pitches
11
38
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
21m · ~40 rush
Waterford
132m · ~145 rush
127m · ~140 rush
Limerick
153m · ~170 rush
148m · ~165 rush
Galway
158m · ~180 rush
153m · ~175 rush
Cork
192m · ~215 rush
187m · ~210 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
6.5
1.9
Donabate · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+6DonabateAffluent
Swords · 5 EDs, poorest → richest
-2Swords-glasmoreBelow average
-1Swords VillageBelow average
+2Swords-lissenhallAbove average
+4Swords-forrestAbove average
+5Swords-seatownAffluent
Third-level educated
55.1%
43.1%
Professional class
55.5%
42.5%
Unemployment
6.7%
6.8%
Owner-occupier
78.9%
72.2%
Private rental
12.7%
19.8%
Social housing (LA)
5.3%
5.9%
Liveability & safety● AREA · K36 / K67
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DonabateK36, SwordsK67); safety & crime are the DMR West Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
68/100
64/100
National rank
#27
#57
County rank
#8
#14
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.
Swords Above average+1.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Swords-glasmore -2 (least affluent) → Swords-seatown +6 (most affluent). It straddles 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 153 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DonabateSwords
The verdict

Swords is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Donabate’s 2, with 1 level: schools & amenities, public transport, affordability and access to its nearest city. Donabate leads on affluence and education levels.

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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