Town comparison · Greystones-Delgany vs Wicklow

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Greystones-Delgany or Wicklow?

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.

Greystones-Delgany, Co. Wicklow · A63 · 20,843 people | Wicklow, Co. Wicklow · A67 · 12,150 people

Greystones-Delgany is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Wicklow’s 2, with 1 level.

Greystones-Delgany leads on
affluenceeducation levelspublic transportaccess to its nearest city
Wicklow leads on
schools & amenitiesaffordability
141524

Greystones-Delgany aheadlevel or not comparableWicklow ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Greystones-DelganyWicklow
iGreystones-Delgany sits in A63, Wicklow in A67. 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
Wicklow

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
12,150

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€595k
Median sale pricelower is better
€417k
Wicklow leads
€470k – €778k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€325k – €524k
456
Sales (24m)
1,902
+7.8%
Price momentum (YoY)
+11.8%
21.3%
New-build share
17.8%

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
4 prim · 4 sec
Wicklow 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
Wicklow · 8 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Chill Mhantáin Secondary
933 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Dominican College Secondary
473 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School Secondary
375 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
East Glendalough School Secondary
366 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CHURCH OF IRELAND
Scoil An Choroin Mhuire Primary
425 pupils · Catholic
Wicklow Educate Together Ns Primary
382 pupils · Multi Denominational
Padraig Naofa N S Primary
369 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Glebe Ns Primary
207 pupils · Church Of Ireland
11
Creches
18
Wicklow leads
1
GP practices
1
2
Pharmacies
4
Wicklow leads
0
Hospitals
0
29
Bus stops
21
Greystones-Delgany leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Wicklow leads
9
Gyms & leisure
12
Wicklow leads
4
Parks & playgrounds
7
Wicklow leads
27
Sports pitches
26
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
5
Wicklow leads
5
Cafés
7
Wicklow leads
2
Pubs & bars
8
Wicklow leads
3
Takeaways
5
Wicklow leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
2,084
Residents per venuelower is better
486
Wicklow leads
#61 of 65 large towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#55 of 65 large towns
Wicklow 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
4
Wicklow leads
2
Convenience shops
5
Wicklow leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Wicklow leads
0
Banks
4
Wicklow leads
0
Post offices
1
Wicklow leads
4
Hairdressers
4
1
Dentists
2
Wicklow leads
1
Vets
1
0
Filling stations
2
Wicklow leads
1
EV charging
7
Wicklow leads
1
Library & community centre
0
Greystones-Delgany leads
1,603
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
380
Wicklow 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
50m · ~85 rush
Greystones-Delgany leads
111m · ~125 rush
Waterfordlower is better
98m · ~110 rush
Wicklow leads
156m · ~175 rush
Limericklower is better
167m · ~185 rush
Greystones-Delgany leads
167m · ~190 rush
Galwaylower is better
178m · ~200 rush
Greystones-Delgany leads
195m · ~215 rush
Corklower is better
194m · ~215 rush
Wicklow leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
6.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.6
Greystones-Delgany leads
Greystones-Delgany · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
+5KilcooleAffluent
+5KilcooleAffluent
+5DelganyAffluent
+6GreystonesAffluent
+8GreystonesAffluent
+8DelganyAffluent
Wicklow · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Wicklow UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Wicklow UrbanBelow average
-2Wicklow RuralBelow average
+1Wicklow RuralAbove average
56.0%
Third-level educated
36.7%
Greystones-Delgany leads
58.1%
Professional class
38.6%
Greystones-Delgany leads
6.7%
Unemploymentlower is better
14.5%
Greystones-Delgany leads
79.2%
Owner-occupier
68.0%
Greystones-Delgany leads
14.0%
Private rental
14.7%
5.8%
Social housing (LA)
14.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · A63 / A67

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Greystones-DelganyA63, WicklowA67); safety & crime are the Wicklow Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

71/100
Quality of Life
61/100
Greystones-Delgany leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (A63 / A67) 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-DelganyWicklowOverall (avg)
Safety71706170
Affordability4168
Infrastructure6946
Family8077
Education7635
Environment8082
Economic8147
020406080100020406080100
#10
National ranklower is better
#77
Greystones-Delgany leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#4
Greystones-Delgany leads
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.
Wicklow Below average-4.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Wicklow Urban -8 (least affluent) → Wicklow Rural +1 (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 107 CSO Small Areas.

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