DunshaughlinCo. Meath vs KildalkeyCo. 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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iDunshaughlin sits in A85, Kildalkey in C15. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Dunshaughlin
Kildalkey

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

TOWNS
Dunshaughlin
Co. MEATH · in A85 · pop 4,810 · 14 small areas
Kildalkey
Co. MEATH · in C15 · pop 739 · 2 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€419k
€365k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€396k – €463k
€312k – €490k
Sales (24m)
425
36
Price momentum (YoY)
-33.9%
+39.1%
New-build share
54.5%
0.0%
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
3 prim · 2 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Dunshaughlin · 5 schools (largest first)
Community College Dunshaughlin Secondary
1,135 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Coláiste Rioga Secondary
193 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
S N Seachnaill Naofa Primary
623 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Na Rithe Primary
218 pupils · Catholic
Dunshaughlin Community National School Primary
116 pupils · Multi Denominational
Kildalkey · 1 schools (largest first)
St. Dympna's National School Primary
204 pupils · Catholic
Creches
7
1
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
3
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
5
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
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
33m · ~65 rush
60m · ~95 rush
Waterford
129m · ~145 rush
147m · ~160 rush
Galway
142m · ~165 rush
131m · ~155 rush
Limerick
151m · ~170 rush
157m · ~175 rush
Cork
190m · ~210 rush
205m · ~225 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.2
-1.8
Dunshaughlin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+2DunshaughlinAbove average
+6DunshaughlinAffluent
Kildalkey · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-3KildalkeyBelow average
0KildalkeyBelow average
Third-level educated
47.9%
34.5%
Professional class
49.7%
41.5%
Unemployment
7.2%
9.2%
Owner-occupier
82.1%
90.4%
Private rental
12.5%
6.3%
Social housing (LA)
4.6%
2.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A85 / C15
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DunshaughlinA85, KildalkeyC15); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
72/100
57/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A85 / C15) 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.

DunshaughlinKildalkeyOverall (avg)
Safety72475747
Affordability5680
Infrastructure8929
Family8679
Education6650
Environment8266
Economic7648
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National rank
#4
#93
County rank
#1
#3
Safety
47/100
47/100
Crime / 1,000
76
76

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.

Dunshaughlin Affluent+4.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Dunshaughlin +2 (least affluent) → Dunshaughlin +6 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Kildalkey Below average-1.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kildalkey -3 (least affluent) → Kildalkey 0 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is 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 16 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DunshaughlinKildalkey
The verdict

Dunshaughlin is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Kildalkey’s 1, with 3 level: affluence, education levels and access to its nearest city. Kildalkey 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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