LucanCo. Dublin vs WalkinstownCo. DublinTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iLucan sits in K78, Walkinstown in D12. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Lucan
Walkinstown

Outlines are each town's CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.

TOWNS
Lucan
Co. Dublin · in K78 · pop · 170 small areas
Walkinstown
Co. Dublin · in D12 · pop · 28 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€455k
€461k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€391k – €515k
€392k – €550k
Sales (24m)
974
982
Price momentum (YoY)
+1.3%
+4.8%
New-build share
5.3%
0.0%
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
15 prim · 6 sec
3 prim · 2 sec
Lucan · 21 schools (largest first)
Adamstown Community College Secondary
980 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Lucan Community College Secondary
966 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Joseph's College Secondary
937 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Phádraig Cbs Secondary
704 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Cois Life Secondary
620 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St. Kevin's Community College Secondary
488 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Aine Naofa Primary
617 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Mhuire Primary
576 pupils · Catholic
St Thomas Junior National School Primary
568 pupils · Catholic
Lucan B N S Primary
515 pupils · Catholic
St Marys N S Primary
495 pupils · Catholic
Griffeen Valley Educate Together Ns Primary
480 pupils · Multi Denominational
Adamstown Castle Educate Together National School Primary
432 pupils · Multi Denominational
Lucan East Etns Primary
427 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
St. John The Evangelist National School Primary
418 pupils · Catholic
Esker Educate Together Ns Primary
391 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
St Andrews N S Primary
387 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Lucan Educate Together Ns Primary
384 pupils · Multi Denominational
Lucan Community National School Primary
383 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada Primary
381 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Naomh Padraig Primary
378 pupils · Catholic
Walkinstown · 5 schools (largest first)
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís Secondary
506 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Assumption Secondary School Secondary
286 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Assumption Junior School Primary
449 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Drimnagh Castle Cbs N S Primary
343 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Muire Na Freastogala Girls Senior School Primary
229 pupils · Catholic
Creches
43
9
GP practices
2
2
Pharmacies
9
7
Hospitals
2
1
Bus stops
153
41
Rail / Luas stops
2
1
Gyms & leisure
10
4
Parks & playgrounds
27
3
Sports pitches
77
12
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
21m · ~40 rush
13m · ~25 rush
Waterford
110m · ~125 rush
110m · ~125 rush
Limerick
132m · ~150 rush
131m · ~150 rush
Galway
133m · ~155 rush
144m · ~170 rush
Cork
171m · ~195 rush
171m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.6
-2
Lucan · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
+1Lucan HeightsAbove average
+4Lucan-eskerAffluent
+6Lucan-st. HelensAffluent
Walkinstown · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-4Walkinstown ABelow average
-1Walkinstown BBelow average
-1Walkinstown CBelow average
Third-level educated
52.4%
37.2%
Professional class
46.8%
32.2%
Unemployment
6.8%
6.7%
Owner-occupier
71.1%
69.4%
Private rental
21.0%
17.6%
Social housing (LA)
5.2%
8.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · K78 / D12
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (LucanK78, WalkinstownD12); safety & crime are the DMR West Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
70/100
56/100
National rank
#18
#99
County rank
#6
#22
Safety
48/100
48/100
Crime / 1,000
79.6
79.6

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.

Lucan Affluent+4.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Lucan Heights +1 (least affluent) → Lucan-st. Helens +6 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Walkinstown Below average-2.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Walkinstown A -4 (least affluent) → Walkinstown C -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

● TOWN
Prices, amenities & commute — exact, 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. The figures the routing-key area page can't give you.

● ED
Affluence, profile & tenure — Electoral-Division level.

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 (DMR West) — 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 198 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
LucanWalkinstown
The verdict

Lucan is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Walkinstown’s 0, with 3 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and public transport. Walkinstown doesn’t lead on any.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.

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