Town comparison · Kinsealy-Drinan vs Lusk

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Kinsealy-Drinan or Lusk?

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.

Kinsealy-Drinan, Co. Fingal · K67 · 7,526 people | Lusk, Co. Fingal · K45 · 8,479 people

Kinsealy-Drinan is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Lusk’s 2, with 1 level.

Kinsealy-Drinan leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Lusk leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transport
101231

Kinsealy-Drinan aheadlevel or not comparableLusk ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Kinsealy-DrinanLusk
iKinsealy-Drinan sits in K67, Lusk in K45. 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.

Kinsealy-Drinan
Lusk

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.

7,526
Population
8,479

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€412k
Median sale pricelower is better
€436k
Kinsealy-Drinan leads
€319k – €469k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€397k – €458k
130
Sales (24m)
404
+18.5%
Price momentum (YoY)
+9.4%
0.0%
New-build share
63.1%

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.

2 prim · 1 sec
Schools
4 prim · 1 sec
Lusk leads
Kinsealy-Drinan · 3 schools (largest first)
Malahide & Portmarnock Secondary School Secondary
607 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Holywell Educate Together National School Primary
644 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil An Duinninigh Primary
385 pupils · Catholic
Lusk · 5 schools (largest first)
Lusk Community College Secondary
1,081 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
S N Lusca Primary
416 pupils · Catholic
Rush And Lusk Educate Together Ns Primary
410 pupils · Multi Denominational
Lusk Junior National School St Maccullins Primary
382 pupils · Catholic
Corduff N S Primary
90 pupils · Catholic
9
Creches
16
Lusk leads
1
GP practices
3
Lusk leads
2
Pharmacies
3
Lusk leads
0
Hospitals
0
21
Bus stops
32
Lusk leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Lusk leads
5
Gyms & leisure
6
Lusk leads
6
Parks & playgrounds
18
Lusk leads
17
Sports pitches
26
Lusk 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.

1
Restaurants
2
Lusk leads
1
Cafés
2
Lusk leads
1
Pubs & bars
3
Lusk leads
2
Takeaways
3
Lusk leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
1,505
Residents per venuelower is better
848
Lusk leads
#113 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#96 of 131 small towns
Lusk 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
3
Lusk leads
1
Convenience shops
2
Lusk leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Lusk leads
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
1
Lusk leads
0
Hairdressers
4
Lusk leads
0
Dentists
1
Lusk leads
0
Vets
1
Lusk leads
0
Filling stations
1
Lusk leads
1
EV charging
2
Lusk leads
1
Library & community centre
4
Lusk leads
1,505
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
424
Lusk 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.

21m · ~40 rush
Dublinlower is better
26m · ~50 rush
Kinsealy-Drinan leads
126m · ~140 rush
Waterfordlower is better
132m · ~145 rush
Kinsealy-Drinan leads
148m · ~165 rush
Limericklower is better
153m · ~170 rush
Kinsealy-Drinan leads
153m · ~175 rush
Galwaylower is better
158m · ~180 rush
Kinsealy-Drinan leads
187m · ~210 rush
Corklower is better
192m · ~215 rush
Kinsealy-Drinan leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
5.1
Affluence (Pobal HP)
0.8
Kinsealy-Drinan leads
Kinsealy-Drinan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+5KinsaleyAffluent
+5KinsaleyAffluent
Lusk · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+1LuskAbove average
+1LuskAbove average
50.0%
Third-level educated
40.1%
Kinsealy-Drinan leads
44.5%
Professional class
42.2%
Kinsealy-Drinan leads
6.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
7.7%
Kinsealy-Drinan leads
68.0%
Owner-occupier
77.6%
Lusk leads
25.8%
Private rental
14.6%
4.4%
Social housing (LA)
6.6%

Liveability & safety

AREA · K67 / K45

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Kinsealy-DrinanK67, LuskK45); safety & crime are the DMR North Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
70/100
Lusk leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (K67 / K45) 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.

Kinsealy-DrinanLuskOverall (avg)
Safety66597059
Affordability6666
Infrastructure7569
Family6781
Education5666
Environment7489
Economic6262
020406080100020406080100
#35
National ranklower is better
#11
Lusk leads
#10
County ranklower is better
#1
Lusk leads
59/100
Safety
59/100
61.8
Crime / 1,000lower is better
61.5
Lusk 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.

Kinsealy-Drinan Affluent+5.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kinsaley +5 (least affluent) → Kinsaley +5 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Lusk Above average+0.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Lusk +1 (least affluent) → Lusk +1 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above 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 50 CSO Small Areas.

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