Dun LaoghaireCo. Dublin City vs MonkstownCo. Dublin CityTown level

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

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iDun Laoghaire sits in A96, Monkstown in A94. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
!Dun Laoghaire & Monkstown 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.
Dun Laoghaire
Monkstown

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

TOWNS
Dun Laoghaire
Co. DUBLIN CITY · in A96 · pop 3,061 · 10 small areas
Monkstown
Co. DUBLIN CITY · in A94 · pop 2,388 · 8 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€648k
€725k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€495k – €860k
€495k – €1185k
Sales (24m)
506
205
Price momentum (YoY)
+10.2%
+8.5%
New-build share
0.3%
0.5%
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
0 prim · 1 sec
0 prim · 2 sec
Dun Laoghaire · 3 schools (largest first)
Loreto College Secondary
584 pupils · 90% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
Royal Irish Academy Of Music Third-level
enrolment n/a · college
Dublin Business School Third-level
enrolment n/a · private_college
Monkstown · 4 schools (largest first)
Loreto College Secondary
584 pupils · 90% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
Christian Brothers College Secondary
564 pupils · 90% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
Royal Irish Academy Of Music Third-level
enrolment n/a · college
Dublin Business School Third-level
enrolment n/a · private_college
Creches
3
3
GP practices
5
5
Pharmacies
4
3
Hospitals
2
0
Bus stops
24
24
Rail / Luas stops
4
4
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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
21m · ~40 rush
17m · ~35 rush
Waterford
125m · ~140 rush
122m · ~135 rush
Limerick
147m · ~165 rush
144m · ~160 rush
Galway
158m · ~180 rush
156m · ~180 rush
Cork
186m · ~210 rush
183m · ~205 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
7.3
8.3
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
Monkstown · 12 EDs, poorest → richest
-2Dun Laoghaire-monkstown FarmBelow average
+1Dun Laoghaire-monkstown FarmAbove average
+5Dun Laoghaire-glasthuleAffluent
+5Dun Laoghaire-glasthuleAffluent
+9Dun Laoghaire-salthillAffluent
+9Dun Laoghaire-salthillAffluent
+9Blackrock-carysfortAffluent
+10Blackrock-carysfortAffluent
+10Mansion House BAffluent
+10Blackrock-monkstownAffluent
+11Blackrock-monkstownAffluent
+17Mansion House BVery affluent
Third-level educated
65.3%
68.5%
Professional class
56.6%
59.7%
Unemployment
7.1%
6.4%
Owner-occupier
51.9%
59.5%
Private rental
37.0%
33.6%
Social housing (LA)
6.4%
3.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A96 / A94
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Dun LaoghaireA96, MonkstownA94); safety & crime are the DMR East Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
66/100
72/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A96 / A94) 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 LaoghaireMonkstownOverall (avg)
Safety66717271
Affordability1010
Infrastructure8888
Family6276
Education7885
Environment8080
Economic7394
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#35
#4
County rank
#10
#1
Safety
71/100
71/100
Crime / 1,000
41.6
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.
Monkstown Affluent+8.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Dun Laoghaire-monkstown Farm -2 (least affluent) → Mansion House B +17 (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 East) — 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 18 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Dun LaoghaireMonkstown
The verdict

Monkstown is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 1 of the 7 dimensions to Dun Laoghaire’s 0, with 6 level: education levels. Dun Laoghaire doesn’t lead on any.

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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