iKildare sits in R51, Swords in K67. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Kildare
Swords
Outlines are each town's CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.
TOWNS
Kildare
Co. KILDARE · in R51 · pop 9,057 · 29 small areas
Swords
Co. FINGAL · in K67 · pop 38,308 · 124 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€400k
€430k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€325k – €476k
€355k – €492k
Sales (24m)
2,412
1,095
Price momentum (YoY)
+12.1%
+8.8%
New-build share
18.0%
18.3%
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
3 prim · 1 sec
9 prim · 4 sec
Kildare · 4 schools (largest first)
Kildare Town Community School Secondary
1,021 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Brigid's Kildare Town Primary School Primary
1,012 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Kildare Town Educate Together Ns Primary
420 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Mhic Aodha Primary
215 pupils · Multi Denominational
Swords · 13 schools (largest first)
Fingal Community College Secondary
866 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Finians Community College Secondary
661 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Loreto College Secondary
632 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Choilm Secondary
425 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Holy Family Senior N S Primary
627 pupils · Catholic
Holy Family Junior N S Primary
581 pupils · Catholic
Brackenstown Senior N S Primary
569 pupils · Catholic
St Cronans Junior National School Primary
499 pupils · Catholic
S N Cholmcille C Primary
371 pupils · Catholic
S N Cholmille B Primary
335 pupils · Catholic
Thornleigh Educate Together National School Primary
299 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
River Valley Cns Primary
140 pupils · Multi Denominational
Swords Borough N S Primary
90 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
6
33
GP practices
N/A
5
Pharmacies
5
12
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
12
94
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
4
14
Parks & playgrounds
2
19
Sports pitches
12
40
Social life● TOWN · counts
Places to eat, drink and go out inside the town boundary. The per 10,000 residents row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size.
Restaurants
10
19
Cafés
8
14
Pubs & bars
10
16
Takeaways
6
22
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
1
Per 10,000 residents
37.5 per 10k
18.8 per 10k
Kildare is a 5,000–10,000 and Swords is a 25,000+, so their national rankings aren’t like-for-like — each is ranked only against places of its own size. Compare them on the per-10,000 row instead.
Day-to-day● TOWN · counts
The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the per-10,000 row alongside the counts.
Supermarkets
3
15
Convenience shops
4
12
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
6
Banks
2
6
Post offices
1
2
Hairdressers
6
22
Dentists
0
5
Vets
1
0
Filling stations
3
3
EV charging
5
8
Library & community centre
1
5
Per 10,000 residents
30.9 per 10k
21.9 per 10k
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
49m · ~85 rush
21m · ~40 rush
Waterford
94m · ~110 rush
127m · ~140 rush
Limerick
99m · ~115 rush
148m · ~165 rush
Galway
137m · ~160 rush
153m · ~175 rush
Cork
138m · ~160 rush
187m · ~210 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
▸Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.9
1.6
Kildare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7KildareBelow average
-4KildareBelow average
Swords · 10 EDs, poorest → richest
-4Swords-glasmoreBelow average
-2Swords-glasmoreBelow average
-1Swords VillageBelow average
-1Swords VillageBelow average
+1Swords-lissenhallAbove average
+2Swords-lissenhallAbove average
+4Swords-forrestAbove average
+4Swords-forrestAbove average
+5Swords-seatownAffluent
+5Swords-seatownAffluent
Third-level educated
30.0%
40.5%
Professional class
29.5%
39.9%
Unemployment
13.1%
7.7%
Owner-occupier
64.1%
72.2%
Private rental
19.0%
21.2%
Social housing (LA)
12.7%
5.4%
Liveability & safety● AREA · R51 / K67
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Kildare → R51, Swords → K67); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division.
▸Quality of Life
57/100
66/100
Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (R51 / K67) 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.
KildareSwordsOverall (avg)
Safety57636659
Affordability7666
Infrastructure4475
Family7467
Education3656
Environment6574
Economic3962
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National rank
#93
#35
County rank
#5
#10
Safety
63/100
59/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
61.8
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.
KildareBelow average-5.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kildare -7 (least affluent) → Kildare -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
SwordsAbove average+1.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Swords-glasmore -4 (least affluent) → Swords-seatown +6 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
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.
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 (Kildare) — 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 153 CSO Small Areas.
KildareSwords
The verdict
Swords is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Kildare’s 2: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city. Kildare leads on safety and affordability.
Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.
Homes for sale in Swords— the stronger town on the data