GlasnevinCo. Dublin City vs RathfarnhamCo. Dublin CityTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iGlasnevin sits in D09, Rathfarnham in D14. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
!Glasnevin & Rathfarnham are city suburbs — its boundary follows the postal area (the Small Areas whose addresses carry the name), not an official settlement line, so it can run broader than the local core and the figures cover that wider postal patch.
Glasnevin
Rathfarnham

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

TOWNS
Glasnevin
Co. DUBLIN CITY · in D09 · pop 1,461 · 5 small areas
Rathfarnham
Co. DUBLIN CITY · in D14 · pop 2,265 · 8 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€585k
€705k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€451k – €708k
€564k – €898k
Sales (24m)
359
732
Price momentum (YoY)
+6.4%
+10.0%
New-build share
8.0%
2.7%
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
0 prim · 0 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Glasnevin · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Rathfarnham · 1 schools (largest first)
Whitechurch Nat School Primary
199 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
1
3
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
0
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
5
5
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
10m · ~20 rush
17m · ~35 rush
Waterford
120m · ~135 rush
118m · ~130 rush
Limerick
142m · ~160 rush
139m · ~155 rush
Galway
146m · ~170 rush
151m · ~175 rush
Cork
181m · ~205 rush
178m · ~200 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
1.6
6.6
Glasnevin · 10 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Ballygall BDisadvantaged
-5Ballygall DBelow average
-4Ballygall BBelow average
-1Ballygall DBelow average
+1Ballymun EAbove average
+3Ballymun EAbove average
+5Botanic AAffluent
+7Botanic AAffluent
+8Botanic BAffluent
+11Botanic BAffluent
Rathfarnham · 8 EDs, poorest → richest
-7EdmondstownBelow average
+4Rathfarnham-st. Enda'sAffluent
+7Ballinteer-woodparkAffluent
+7Rathfarnham-butterfieldAffluent
+9Foxrock-carrickminesAffluent
+10Templeogue-kimmage ManorAffluent
+10Rathfarnham VillageAffluent
+11Churchtown-landscapeAffluent
Third-level educated
46.8%
60.9%
Professional class
46.3%
62.1%
Unemployment
7.3%
5.2%
Owner-occupier
73.2%
84.6%
Private rental
18.4%
12.3%
Social housing (LA)
4.9%
1.2%
Liveability & safety● AREA · D09 / D14
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (GlasnevinD09, RathfarnhamD14); safety & crime are the DMR North Garda division.
Quality of Life
64/100
71/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (D09 / D14) 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.

GlasnevinRathfarnhamOverall (avg)
Safety64597160
Affordability5410
Infrastructure100100
Family6275
Education4886
Environment7474
Economic5390
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#57
#10
County rank
#14
#2
Safety
59/100
60/100
Crime / 1,000
61.5
60.2

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.

Glasnevin Above average+1.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballygall B -8 (least affluent) → Botanic B +11 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Rathfarnham Affluent+6.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Edmondstown -7 (least affluent) → Churchtown-landscape +12 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (DMR North) — 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 13 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
GlasnevinRathfarnham
The verdict

Rathfarnham is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Glasnevin’s 0, with 5 level: affluence and education levels. Glasnevin doesn’t lead on any.

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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