Town comparison · Kildalkey vs Navan

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Kildalkey or Navan?

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.

Kildalkey, Co. Meath · C15 · 739 people | Navan, Co. Meath · C15 · 35,754 people

Navan is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Kildalkey’s 1, with 2 level.

Kildalkey leads on
affluence
Navan leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
83113

Kildalkey aheadlevel or not comparableNavan ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KildalkeyNavan
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area C15 — 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.

Kildalkey
Navan

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.

739
Population
35,754

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€360k
Median sale pricelower is better
€355k
Navan leads
€299k – €492k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€280k – €410k
39
Sales (24m)
925
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+14.0%
10.3%
New-build share
21.8%

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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
2 prim · 0 sec
Navan leads
Kildalkey · 1 schools (largest first)
St. Dympna's National School Primary
204 pupils · Catholic
Navan · 2 schools (largest first)
Scoil Bhríde Primary
386 pupils · Catholic
S N Nmh Sheosamh Primary
141 pupils · Catholic
3
Creches
4
Navan leads
N/A
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
13
Navan leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
3
Navan leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
1
Navan leads
6
Sports pitches
58
Navan 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
0
1
Cafés
0
Kildalkey leads
0
Pubs & bars
2
Navan leads
0
Takeaways
0
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
739
Residents per venuelower is better
17,877
Kildalkey 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
0
0
Convenience shops
6
Navan leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
0
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
5
Navan leads
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
0
N/A
Residents per shop or service
3,250

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.

60m · ~95 rush
Dublinlower is better
48m · ~85 rush
Navan leads
131m · ~155 rush
Galwaylower is better
148m · ~170 rush
Kildalkey leads
147m · ~160 rush
Waterfordlower is better
145m · ~160 rush
Navan leads
157m · ~175 rush
Limericklower is better
166m · ~185 rush
Kildalkey leads
205m · ~225 rush
Cork
205m · ~225 rush

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-1.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-3.2
Kildalkey leads
Kildalkey · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-3KildalkeyBelow average
0KildalkeyBelow average
Navan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Navan UrbanBelow average
-2Navan RuralBelow average
34.5%
Third-level educated
36.6%
Navan leads
41.5%
Professional class
35.3%
Kildalkey leads
9.2%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.3%
Kildalkey leads
90.4%
Owner-occupier
66.2%
Kildalkey leads
6.3%
Private rental
19.8%
2.0%
Social housing (LA)
10.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · C15 / C15

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KildalkeyC15, NavanC15); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

57/100
Quality of Life
57/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (C15 / C15) 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.

KildalkeyNavanOverall (avg)
Safety57475747
Affordability8080
Infrastructure2929
Family7979
Education5050
Environment6666
Economic4848
020406080100020406080100
#93
National rank
#93
#3
County rank
#3
47/100
Safety
47/100
76
Crime / 1,000
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.

Kildalkey Below average-1.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kildalkey -3 (least affluent) → Kildalkey 0 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Navan Below average-3.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Navan Urban -8 (least affluent) → Navan Rural -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below 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 (Meath), 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 112 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Navan

The stronger town on the data.

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