DunshaughlinCo. Meath vs RatoathCo. 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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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area A85 — 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.
Dunshaughlin
Ratoath

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

TOWNS
Dunshaughlin
Co. MEATH · in A85 · pop · 14 small areas
Ratoath
Co. MEATH · in A85 · pop · 24 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€419k
€435k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€392k – €455k
€355k – €545k
Sales (24m)
425
181
Price momentum (YoY)
-46.2%
New-build share
56.0%
66.7%
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
3 prim · 2 sec
2 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
Ratoath · 2 schools (largest first)
Ratoath Senior Ns Primary
360 pupils · Catholic
Ratoath Junior N S Primary
244 pupils · Catholic
Creches
7
9
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
3
4
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
5
13
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
8
5
Parks & playgrounds
4
1
Sports pitches
14
9
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
30m · ~60 rush
Waterford
129m · ~145 rush
129m · ~145 rush
Galway
142m · ~165 rush
148m · ~170 rush
Limerick
151m · ~170 rush
150m · ~170 rush
Cork
190m · ~210 rush
190m · ~210 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
6.1
4.5
Dunshaughlin · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+6DunshaughlinAffluent
Ratoath · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+4RatoathAffluent
Third-level educated
53.6%
48.2%
Professional class
51.7%
52.2%
Unemployment
5.9%
6.1%
Owner-occupier
82.1%
83.8%
Private rental
11.0%
11.1%
Social housing (LA)
5.0%
3.5%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A85 / A85
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DunshaughlinA85, RatoathA85); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
72/100
72/100
National rank
#4
#4
County rank
#1
#1
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+6.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Dunshaughlin) — above the national average.
Ratoath Affluent+4.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Ratoath) — above 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 38 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DunshaughlinRatoath
The verdict

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

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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