Town comparison · Glasnevin vs Killiney

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Glasnevin or Killiney?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Glasnevin, Co. Dublin City · D11 · 1,461 people | Killiney, Co. Dublin City · A96 · 2,724 people

Killiney is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Glasnevin’s 1, with 1 level.

Glasnevin leads on
public transport
Killiney leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiessafetyaffordability
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Glasnevin aheadlevel or not comparableKilliney ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
GlasnevinKilliney
iGlasnevin sits in D11, Killiney in A96. 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.
!Glasnevin & Killiney 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.

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

Glasnevin
Killiney

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.

1,461
Population
2,724

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€587k
Median sale pricelower is better
€509k
Killiney leads
€460k – €708k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€416k – €815k
355
Sales (24m)
523
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+15.4%
5.6%
New-build share
54.9%

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 · 1 sec
Schools
3 prim · 1 sec
Glasnevin · 4 schools (largest first)
St Vincents C.b.s. Glasnevin Secondary
409 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
St Columbas Con G & I Primary
371 pupils · Catholic
St. Vincent's Primary School Primary
253 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Lindsay Road N S Primary
93 pupils · Presbyterian
Killiney · 4 schools (largest first)
Holy Child Killiney Secondary
395 pupils · 85% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICFee-paying
Our Lady Good Counsel Gns Primary
389 pupils · Catholic
Our Lady Of Good Counsel Boys N S Primary
383 pupils · Catholic
St Johns N S Primary
174 pupils · CatholicDEIS
6
Creches
4
Glasnevin leads
4
GP practices
1
Glasnevin leads
3
Pharmacies
1
Glasnevin leads
0
Hospitals
0
30
Bus stops
15
Glasnevin leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Killiney leads
2
Gyms & leisure
1
Glasnevin leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
2
6
Sports pitches
42
Killiney 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.

6
Restaurants
2
Glasnevin leads
2
Cafés
6
Killiney leads
5
Pubs & bars
3
Glasnevin leads
4
Takeaways
2
Glasnevin leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
86
Residents per venuelower is better
210
Glasnevin 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.

0
Supermarkets
1
Killiney leads
4
Convenience shops
1
Glasnevin leads
2
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Glasnevin leads
2
Banks
2
1
Post offices
2
Killiney leads
6
Hairdressers
5
Glasnevin leads
2
Dentists
1
Glasnevin leads
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
1
1
EV charging
0
Glasnevin leads
2
Library & community centre
0
Glasnevin leads
70
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
210
Glasnevin 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.

10m · ~20 rush
Dublinlower is better
22m · ~45 rush
Glasnevin leads
120m · ~135 rush
Waterfordlower is better
121m · ~135 rush
Glasnevin leads
142m · ~160 rush
Limericklower is better
146m · ~165 rush
Glasnevin leads
146m · ~170 rush
Galwaylower is better
157m · ~180 rush
Glasnevin leads
181m · ~205 rush
Corklower is better
185m · ~205 rush
Glasnevin leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
1.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
6.8
Killiney leads
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
Killiney · 9 EDs, poorest → richest
-7BallybrackBelow average
-3BallybrackBelow average
+5Dun Laoghaire-glasthuleAffluent
+5Dun Laoghaire-glasthuleAffluent
+9Killiney NorthAffluent
+9Foxrock-carrickminesAffluent
+10Foxrock-carrickminesAffluent
+10Mansion House BAffluent
+17Mansion House BVery affluent
46.8%
Third-level educated
64.1%
Killiney leads
46.3%
Professional class
59.9%
Killiney leads
7.3%
Unemploymentlower is better
6.3%
Killiney leads
73.2%
Owner-occupier
74.3%
Killiney leads
18.4%
Private rental
22.6%
4.9%
Social housing (LA)
2.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · D11 / A96

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Glasnevin → D11, Killiney → A96); safety & crime are the DMR North Garda division.

58/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Killiney leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (D11 / A96) 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.

GlasnevinKillineyOverall (avg)
Safety58596671
Affordability8110
Infrastructure10088
Family5662
Education1778
Environment7480
Economic1873
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#89
National ranklower is better
#35
Killiney leads
#20
County ranklower is better
#10
Killiney leads
59/100
Safety
71/100
Killiney leads
61.5
Crime / 1,000lower is better
41.6
Killiney 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.

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.
Killiney Affluent+6.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballybrack -6 (least affluent) → Mansion House B +17 (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 (DMR North), 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 13 CSO Small Areas.

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