Town comparison · Greystones-Delgany vs Newcastle

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Greystones-Delgany or Newcastle?

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.

Greystones-Delgany, Co. Wicklow · A63 · 20,843 people | Newcastle, Co. Wicklow · A63 · 1,010 people

Greystones-Delgany is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Newcastle’s 0, with 2 level.

Greystones-Delgany leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
26206

Greystones-Delgany aheadlevel or not comparableNewcastle ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Greystones-DelganyNewcastle
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area A63 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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.

Greystones-Delgany
Newcastle

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.

20,843
Population
1,010

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€595k
Median sale pricelower is better
€573k
Newcastle leads
€466k – €775k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€433k – €760k
459
Sales (24m)
29
+6.6%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
21.6%
New-build share
N/A

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 · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Greystones-Delgany leads
Greystones-Delgany · 3 schools (largest first)
St Laurences N S Primary
673 pupils · Catholic
Greystones Community Ns Primary
411 pupils · Multi Denominational
Delgany N S Primary
207 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Newcastle · 1 schools (largest first)
St Francis N S Primary
95 pupils · Church Of Ireland
11
Creches
2
Greystones-Delgany leads
1
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
0
Greystones-Delgany leads
0
Hospitals
0
29
Bus stops
10
Greystones-Delgany leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
9
Gyms & leisure
1
Greystones-Delgany leads
4
Parks & playgrounds
1
Greystones-Delgany leads
27
Sports pitches
12
Greystones-Delgany 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.

0
Restaurants
1
Newcastle leads
5
Cafés
0
Greystones-Delgany leads
2
Pubs & bars
1
Greystones-Delgany leads
3
Takeaways
0
Greystones-Delgany leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
2,084
Residents per venuelower is better
505
Newcastle 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.

2
Supermarkets
0
Greystones-Delgany leads
2
Convenience shops
1
Greystones-Delgany leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Greystones-Delgany leads
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
0
4
Hairdressers
0
Greystones-Delgany leads
1
Dentists
0
Greystones-Delgany leads
1
Vets
0
Greystones-Delgany leads
0
Filling stations
1
Newcastle leads
1
EV charging
0
Greystones-Delgany leads
1
Library & community centre
1
1,603
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
337
Newcastle 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.

39m · ~75 rush
Dublinlower is better
44m · ~80 rush
Greystones-Delgany leads
111m · ~125 rush
Waterfordlower is better
105m · ~120 rush
Newcastle leads
156m · ~175 rush
Limericklower is better
160m · ~180 rush
Greystones-Delgany leads
167m · ~190 rush
Galwaylower is better
172m · ~195 rush
Greystones-Delgany leads
195m · ~215 rush
Corklower is better
199m · ~220 rush
Greystones-Delgany leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
6.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
0.7
Greystones-Delgany leads
Greystones-Delgany · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
+5KilcooleAffluent
+5KilcooleAffluent
+5DelganyAffluent
+6GreystonesAffluent
+8GreystonesAffluent
+8DelganyAffluent
Newcastle · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
0Newcastle LowerBelow average
+2Newcastle LowerAbove average
56.0%
Third-level educated
41.4%
Greystones-Delgany leads
58.1%
Professional class
43.9%
Greystones-Delgany leads
6.7%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.6%
Greystones-Delgany leads
79.2%
Owner-occupier
77.2%
Greystones-Delgany leads
14.0%
Private rental
12.6%
5.8%
Social housing (LA)
9.5%

Liveability & safety

AREA · A63 / A63

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Greystones-DelganyA63, NewcastleA63); safety & crime are the Wicklow Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

71/100
Quality of Life
71/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A63 / A63) 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.

Greystones-DelganyNewcastleOverall (avg)
Safety71707170
Affordability4141
Infrastructure6969
Family8080
Education7676
Environment8080
Economic8181
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#10
National rank
#10
#1
County rank
#1
70/100
Safety
70/100
43.8
Crime / 1,000
43.8

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.

Greystones-Delgany Affluent+6.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilcoole +5 (least affluent) → Delgany +8 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Newcastle Above average+0.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Newcastle Lower 0 (least affluent) → Newcastle Lower +2 (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 (Wicklow), 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 72 CSO Small Areas.

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