Town comparison · Dunshaughlin vs Trim

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Dunshaughlin or Trim?

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 | Trim, Co. Meath · C15 · 9,563 people

Dunshaughlin and Trim are closely matched. Each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level.

Dunshaughlin leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaccess to its nearest city
Trim leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaffordability
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Dunshaughlin aheadlevel or not comparableTrim ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DunshaughlinTrim
iDunshaughlin sits in A85, Trim in C15. 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
Trim

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
9,563

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€419k
Median sale pricelower is better
€374k
Trim leads
€401k – €463k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€330k – €450k
433
Sales (24m)
379
+4.1%
Price momentum (YoY)
+20.5%
71.6%
New-build share
33.5%

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
5 prim · 2 sec
Trim 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
Trim · 7 schools (largest first)
Boyne Community School Secondary
998 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Mhuire Secondary
820 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Marys Convent N S Primary
549 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Mhichil Na Buachailli Primary
289 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Na Boinne Primary
209 pupils · Catholic
Trim Educate Together National School Primary
189 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Patricks N S Primary
52 pupils · Church Of Ireland
8
Creches
10
Trim leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
3
Pharmacies
5
Trim leads
0
Hospitals
1
Trim leads
11
Bus stops
20
Trim leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
9
Gyms & leisure
9
9
Parks & playgrounds
4
Dunshaughlin leads
27
Sports pitches
32
Trim 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
10
Trim leads
6
Cafés
9
Trim leads
5
Pubs & bars
14
Trim leads
8
Takeaways
7
Dunshaughlin leads
1
Nightclubs
0
Dunshaughlin leads
0
Cinema & theatre
0
209
Residents per venuelower is better
239
Dunshaughlin leads
#40 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#12 of 131 small towns
Trim 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
3
5
Convenience shops
6
Trim leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
Trim leads
2
Banks
4
Trim leads
1
Post offices
1
8
Hairdressers
13
Trim leads
3
Dentists
1
Dunshaughlin leads
1
Vets
1
3
Filling stations
5
Trim leads
1
EV charging
3
Trim leads
3
Library & community centre
2
Dunshaughlin leads
146
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
222
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
46m · ~80 rush
Dunshaughlin leads
129m · ~145 rush
Waterfordlower is better
136m · ~150 rush
Dunshaughlin leads
142m · ~165 rush
Galwaylower is better
131m · ~155 rush
Trim leads
151m · ~170 rush
Limericklower is better
157m · ~175 rush
Dunshaughlin leads
190m · ~210 rush
Corklower is better
196m · ~220 rush
Dunshaughlin leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
4.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.3
Dunshaughlin leads
Dunshaughlin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+2DunshaughlinAbove average
+6DunshaughlinAffluent
Trim · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Trim UrbanBelow average
+0Trim RuralAbove average
47.9%
Third-level educated
38.6%
Dunshaughlin leads
49.7%
Professional class
40.7%
Dunshaughlin leads
7.2%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.0%
Dunshaughlin leads
82.1%
Owner-occupier
70.6%
Dunshaughlin leads
12.5%
Private rental
17.6%
4.6%
Social housing (LA)
9.5%

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, TrimC15); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

72/100
Quality of Life
57/100
Dunshaughlin leads

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

DunshaughlinTrimOverall (avg)
Safety72475747
Affordability5680
Infrastructure8929
Family8679
Education6650
Environment8266
Economic7648
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#4
National ranklower is better
#93
Dunshaughlin leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#3
Dunshaughlin leads
47/100
Safety
47/100
76
Crime / 1,000
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.
Trim Below average-1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Trim Urban -7 (least affluent) → Trim Rural +0 (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 46 CSO Small Areas.

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