DunboyneCo. Meath vs SlaneCo. MeathTown level

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

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iDunboyne sits in A86, Slane in A92. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Dunboyne
Slane

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

TOWNS
Dunboyne
Co. MEATH · in A86 · pop · 20 small areas
Slane
Co. MEATH · in A92 · pop · 4 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€468k
€321k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€400k – €573k
€249k – €397k
Sales (24m)
200
100
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
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
1 prim · 0 sec
Dunboyne · 5 schools (largest first)
St Peter's College Secondary
1,227 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Dunboyne Senior N S Primary
453 pupils · Catholic
Dunboyne Junior N S Primary
419 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Thulach Na Nóg Primary
359 pupils · Inter Denominational
St Peters National School Primary
92 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Slane · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Naomh Padraig Primary
243 pupils · Catholic
Creches
6
2
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
3
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
5
7
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
3
1
Parks & playgrounds
2
1
Sports pitches
13
1
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
25m · ~50 rush
47m · ~80 rush
Waterford
121m · ~135 rush
147m · ~160 rush
Galway
139m · ~165 rush
159m · ~185 rush
Limerick
143m · ~160 rush
168m · ~185 rush
Cork
182m · ~205 rush
208m · ~230 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.8
-4.3
Dunboyne · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+5DunboyneAffluent
Slane · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4SlaneBelow average
Third-level educated
50.1%
36.5%
Professional class
49.0%
39.3%
Unemployment
5.3%
9.6%
Owner-occupier
78.0%
76.8%
Private rental
15.2%
14.4%
Social housing (LA)
4.4%
7.5%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A86 / A92
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DunboyneA86, SlaneA92); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division.
Quality of Life
73/100
67/100
National rank
#6
#31
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
47/100
54/100
Crime / 1,000
76
68

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.

Dunboyne Affluent+4.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Dunboyne) — above the national average.
Slane Below average-4.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Slane) — below 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 (Meath) — 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 24 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DunboyneSlane
The verdict

Dunboyne is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Slane’s 3: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and access to its nearest city. Slane leads on public transport, safety and 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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