Town comparison · Dunshaughlin vs Stamullen

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Dunshaughlin or Stamullen?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 53 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath · A85 · 4,810 people | Stamullen, Co. Meath · K32 · 3,392 people

Dunshaughlin is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Stamullen’s 2.

Dunshaughlin leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
Stamullen leads on
safetyaffordability
35126

Dunshaughlin aheadlevel or not comparableStamullen ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DunshaughlinStamullen
iDunshaughlin sits in A85, Stamullen in K32. 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.

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

Dunshaughlin
Stamullen

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.

4,810
Population
3,392

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€419k
Median sale pricelower is better
€400k
Stamullen leads
€400k – €463k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€337k – €440k
439
Sales (24m)
78
-0.4%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
71.5%
New-build share
21.8%

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 · 2 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Dunshaughlin leads
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
Stamullen · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Naomh Padraig Primary
530 pupils · Catholic
8
Creches
4
Dunshaughlin leads
N/A
GP practices
1
3
Pharmacies
1
Dunshaughlin leads
0
Hospitals
0
11
Bus stops
9
Dunshaughlin leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
9
Gyms & leisure
1
Dunshaughlin leads
9
Parks & playgrounds
0
Dunshaughlin leads
27
Sports pitches
6
Dunshaughlin 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.

3
Restaurants
0
Dunshaughlin leads
6
Cafés
1
Dunshaughlin leads
5
Pubs & bars
1
Dunshaughlin leads
8
Takeaways
1
Dunshaughlin leads
1
Nightclubs
0
Dunshaughlin leads
0
Cinema & theatre
0
209
Residents per venuelower is better
1,131
Dunshaughlin leads
#40 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#124 of 131 small towns
Dunshaughlin 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.

3
Supermarkets
1
Dunshaughlin leads
5
Convenience shops
1
Dunshaughlin leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Dunshaughlin leads
2
Banks
0
Dunshaughlin leads
1
Post offices
0
Dunshaughlin leads
8
Hairdressers
4
Dunshaughlin leads
3
Dentists
0
Dunshaughlin leads
1
Vets
1
3
Filling stations
1
Dunshaughlin leads
1
EV charging
2
Stamullen leads
3
Library & community centre
0
Dunshaughlin leads
146
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
308
Dunshaughlin 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.

33m · ~65 rush
Dublinlower is better
36m · ~70 rush
Dunshaughlin leads
129m · ~145 rush
Waterfordlower is better
141m · ~155 rush
Dunshaughlin leads
142m · ~165 rush
Galwaylower is better
167m · ~190 rush
Dunshaughlin leads
151m · ~170 rush
Limericklower is better
163m · ~180 rush
Dunshaughlin leads
190m · ~210 rush
Corklower is better
202m · ~225 rush
Dunshaughlin leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
4.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
1
Dunshaughlin leads
Dunshaughlin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+2DunshaughlinAbove average
+6DunshaughlinAffluent
Stamullen · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
0StamullinBelow average
+3StamullinAbove average
47.9%
Third-level educated
39.0%
Dunshaughlin leads
49.7%
Professional class
41.7%
Dunshaughlin leads
7.2%
Unemploymentlower is better
7.0%
Stamullen leads
82.1%
Owner-occupier
87.7%
Stamullen leads
12.5%
Private rental
11.4%
4.6%
Social housing (LA)
1.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · A85 / K32

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DunshaughlinA85, StamullenK32); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division.

72/100
Quality of Life
64/100
Dunshaughlin leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A85 / K32) 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.

DunshaughlinStamullenOverall (avg)
Safety72476459
Affordability5686
Infrastructure8950
Family8668
Education6650
Environment8295
Economic7638
020406080100020406080100
#4
National ranklower is better
#58
Dunshaughlin leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#15
Dunshaughlin leads
47/100
Safety
59/100
Stamullen leads
76
Crime / 1,000lower is better
61.5
Stamullen leads

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.
Stamullen Above average+1.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Stamullin 0 (least affluent) → Stamullin +3 (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 (Meath), 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 24 CSO Small Areas.

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