EnfieldCo. 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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iEnfield sits in A83, Ratoath in A85. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Enfield
Ratoath

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

TOWNS
Enfield
Co. MEATH · in A83 · pop 3,401 · 10 small areas
Ratoath
Co. MEATH · in A85 · pop 9,139 · 24 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€376k
€436k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€330k – €438k
€357k – €548k
Sales (24m)
127
177
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
100.0%
50.0%
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
1 prim · 0 sec
2 prim · 0 sec
Enfield · 1 schools (largest first)
St. Mary's Primary School Primary
556 pupils · Catholic
Ratoath · 2 schools (largest first)
Ratoath Senior Ns Primary
360 pupils · Catholic
Ratoath Junior N S Primary
244 pupils · Catholic
Creches
2
9
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
2
4
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
4
13
Rail / Luas stops
1
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
40m · ~75 rush
30m · ~60 rush
Galway
115m · ~140 rush
148m · ~170 rush
Waterford
121m · ~135 rush
129m · ~145 rush
Limerick
141m · ~160 rush
150m · ~170 rush
Cork
181m · ~205 rush
190m · ~210 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
1.6
4.4
Enfield · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+0InnfieldAbove average
+3InnfieldAbove average
Ratoath · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+4RatoathAffluent
+4RatoathAffluent
Third-level educated
41.7%
45.5%
Professional class
43.7%
51.0%
Unemployment
7.7%
6.2%
Owner-occupier
78.8%
83.8%
Private rental
15.6%
11.7%
Social housing (LA)
6.1%
3.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A83 / A85
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (EnfieldA83, RatoathA85); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
67/100
72/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A83 / A85) 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.

EnfieldRatoathOverall (avg)
Safety67477247
Affordability7956
Infrastructure8889
Family8386
Education3466
Environment8282
Economic5576
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National rank
#15
#4
County rank
#2
#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.

Enfield Above average+1.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Innfield +0 (least affluent) → Innfield +3 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Ratoath Affluent+4.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ratoath +4 (least affluent) → Ratoath +5 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is 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 34 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
EnfieldRatoath
The verdict

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