LuskCo. Fingal vs PortmarnockCo. FingalTown level

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

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iLusk sits in K45, Portmarnock in D13. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Lusk
Portmarnock

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

TOWNS
Lusk
Co. FINGAL · in K45 · pop · 24 small areas
Portmarnock
Co. FINGAL · in D13 · pop · 31 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€485k
€659k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€458k – €518k
€416k – €764k
Sales (24m)
8
14
Price momentum (YoY)
+31.7%
New-build share
16.7%
5.6%
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
2 prim · 0 sec
3 prim · 0 sec
Lusk · 2 schools (largest first)
S N Lusca Primary
416 pupils · Catholic
Lusk Junior National School St Maccullins Primary
382 pupils · Catholic
Portmarnock · 3 schools (largest first)
Scoil Naomh Mearnog Primary
623 pupils · Catholic
St Helens Senior N S Primary
371 pupils · Catholic
St Helens Junior N S Primary
330 pupils · Catholic
Creches
12
8
GP practices
3
2
Pharmacies
3
3
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
6
27
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
4
3
Parks & playgrounds
6
6
Sports pitches
3
11
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
26m · ~50 rush
24m · ~50 rush
Waterford
132m · ~145 rush
132m · ~145 rush
Limerick
153m · ~170 rush
153m · ~170 rush
Galway
158m · ~180 rush
158m · ~180 rush
Cork
192m · ~215 rush
192m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
1.2
4.7
Lusk · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+1LuskAbove average
Portmarnock · 5 EDs, poorest → richest
0BalgriffinBelow average
+3Portmarnock NorthAbove average
+5KinsaleyAffluent
+7Portmarnock SouthAffluent
+8Malahide EastAffluent
Third-level educated
41.7%
55.0%
Professional class
42.8%
56.9%
Unemployment
6.8%
5.4%
Owner-occupier
77.6%
83.7%
Private rental
12.9%
12.6%
Social housing (LA)
7.7%
2.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · K45 / D13
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (LuskK45, PortmarnockD13); safety & crime are the DMR North Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
70/100
70/100
National rank
#11
#18
County rank
#1
#6
Safety
59/100
59/100
Crime / 1,000
61.5
61.5

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.

Lusk Above average+1.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Lusk) — above the national average.
Portmarnock Affluent+4.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Balgriffin 0 (least affluent) → Malahide East +8 (most affluent). It straddles 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 North) — 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 55 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
LuskPortmarnock
The verdict

Portmarnock is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Lusk’s 1, with 2 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and public transport. Lusk leads on affordability.

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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