Town comparison · Dun Laoghaire vs Killiney

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Dun Laoghaire or Killiney?

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.

Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin City · A96 · 3,061 people | Killiney, Co. Dublin City · A96 · 2,724 people

Dun Laoghaire is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Killiney’s 1, with 4 level.

Dun Laoghaire leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transport
Killiney leads on
affordability
28159

Dun Laoghaire aheadlevel or not comparableKilliney ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Dun LaoghaireKilliney
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area A96 — 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.
!Dun Laoghaire & Killiney are city suburbs — its boundary follows the postal area (the Small Areas whose addresses carry the name), not an official settlement line, so it can run broader than the local core and the figures cover that wider postal patch.

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

Dun Laoghaire
Killiney

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.

3,061
Population
2,724

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€642k
Median sale pricelower is better
€509k
Killiney leads
€489k – €855k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€416k – €815k
496
Sales (24m)
523
-10.8%
Price momentum (YoY)
+16.9%
2.4%
New-build share
55.1%

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.

3 prim · 1 sec
Schools
3 prim · 1 sec
Dun Laoghaire · 4 schools (largest first)
Rathdown School Secondary
349 pupils · 85% to 3rd-level · CHURCH OF IRELANDFee-paying
Monkstown Eucate Together Ns Primary
427 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Josephs Primary
392 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Clochar San Dominic Primary
194 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Killiney · 4 schools (largest first)
Holy Child Killiney Secondary
395 pupils · 85% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
Our Lady Good Counsel Gns Primary
389 pupils · Catholic
Our Lady Of Good Counsel Boys N S Primary
383 pupils · Catholic
St Johns N S Primary
174 pupils · CatholicDEIS
13
Creches
4
Dun Laoghaire leads
4
GP practices
1
Dun Laoghaire leads
8
Pharmacies
1
Dun Laoghaire leads
2
Hospitals
0
Dun Laoghaire leads
36
Bus stops
15
Dun Laoghaire leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
11
Gyms & leisure
1
Dun Laoghaire leads
17
Parks & playgrounds
2
Dun Laoghaire leads
22
Sports pitches
42
Killiney 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.

18
Restaurants
2
Dun Laoghaire leads
30
Cafés
6
Dun Laoghaire leads
7
Pubs & bars
3
Dun Laoghaire leads
14
Takeaways
2
Dun Laoghaire leads
0
Nightclubs
0
2
Cinema & theatre
0
Dun Laoghaire leads
43
Residents per venuelower is better
210
Dun Laoghaire 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.

6
Supermarkets
1
Dun Laoghaire leads
12
Convenience shops
1
Dun Laoghaire leads
5
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Dun Laoghaire leads
5
Banks
2
Dun Laoghaire leads
3
Post offices
2
Dun Laoghaire leads
14
Hairdressers
5
Dun Laoghaire leads
5
Dentists
1
Dun Laoghaire leads
2
Vets
0
Dun Laoghaire leads
2
Filling stations
1
Dun Laoghaire leads
8
EV charging
0
Dun Laoghaire leads
7
Library & community centre
0
Dun Laoghaire leads
44
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
210
Dun Laoghaire 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.

21m · ~40 rush
Dublinlower is better
22m · ~45 rush
Dun Laoghaire leads
125m · ~140 rush
Waterfordlower is better
121m · ~135 rush
Killiney leads
147m · ~165 rush
Limericklower is better
146m · ~165 rush
Killiney leads
158m · ~180 rush
Galwaylower is better
157m · ~180 rush
Killiney leads
186m · ~210 rush
Corklower is better
185m · ~205 rush
Killiney leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
7.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
6.8
Dun Laoghaire leads
Dun Laoghaire · 15 EDs, poorest → richest
+3Cabinteely-granitefieldAbove average
+4Dun Laoghaire-west CentralAbove average
+4Dun Laoghaire-west CentralAffluent
+5Dun Laoghaire-glasthuleAffluent
+5Cabinteely-granitefieldAffluent
+5Dun Laoghaire-glasthuleAffluent
+7Dun Laoghaire-glenagearyAffluent
+7Dun Laoghaire-sallynoggin WestAffluent
+8Dun Laoghaire-east CentralAffluent
+9Blackrock-carysfortAffluent
+10Blackrock-carysfortAffluent
+10Dun Laoghaire-east CentralAffluent
+10Mansion House BAffluent
+13Dun Laoghaire-glenagearyVery affluent
+17Mansion House BVery affluent
Killiney · 9 EDs, poorest → richest
-7BallybrackBelow average
-3BallybrackBelow average
+5Dun Laoghaire-glasthuleAffluent
+5Dun Laoghaire-glasthuleAffluent
+9Killiney NorthAffluent
+9Foxrock-carrickminesAffluent
+10Foxrock-carrickminesAffluent
+10Mansion House BAffluent
+17Mansion House BVery affluent
65.3%
Third-level educated
64.1%
Dun Laoghaire leads
56.6%
Professional class
59.9%
Killiney leads
7.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
6.3%
Killiney leads
51.9%
Owner-occupier
74.3%
Killiney leads
37.0%
Private rental
22.6%
6.4%
Social housing (LA)
2.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · A96 / A96

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Dun LaoghaireA96, KillineyA96); safety & crime are the DMR East Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A96 / A96) 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.

Dun LaoghaireKillineyOverall (avg)
Safety66716671
Affordability1010
Infrastructure8888
Family6262
Education7878
Environment8080
Economic7373
020406080100020406080100
#35
National rank
#35
#10
County rank
#10
71/100
Safety
71/100
41.6
Crime / 1,000
41.6

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.

Dun Laoghaire Affluent+7.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Cabinteely-granitefield +3 (least affluent) → Mansion House B +17 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Killiney Affluent+6.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballybrack -6 (least affluent) → Mansion House B +17 (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 (DMR East), 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 18 CSO Small Areas.

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