MalahideCo. 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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iMalahide sits in K36, Portmarnock in D13. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Malahide
Portmarnock

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

TOWNS
Malahide
Co. FINGAL · in K36 · pop · 58 small areas
Portmarnock
Co. FINGAL · in D13 · pop · 31 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€610k
€659k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€450k – €850k
€416k – €764k
Sales (24m)
709
14
Price momentum (YoY)
-4.1%
+31.7%
New-build share
15.1%
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
4 prim · 1 sec
3 prim · 0 sec
Malahide · 5 schools (largest first)
Malahide Community School Secondary
1,246 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Oliver Plunkett Primary
869 pupils · Catholic
John Paul Ii N S Primary
677 pupils · Catholic
Sn N Sailbheastar Nfa Primary
376 pupils · Catholic
St Andrews N S Primary
207 pupils · Church Of Ireland
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
14
8
GP practices
0
2
Pharmacies
3
3
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
36
27
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
8
3
Parks & playgrounds
8
6
Sports pitches
32
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
24m · ~50 rush
24m · ~50 rush
Waterford
131m · ~145 rush
132m · ~145 rush
Limerick
152m · ~170 rush
153m · ~170 rush
Galway
157m · ~180 rush
158m · ~180 rush
Cork
191m · ~215 rush
192m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
7.5
4.7
Malahide · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
+5Swords-seatownAffluent
+8Malahide WestAffluent
+8Malahide EastAffluent
Portmarnock · 5 EDs, poorest → richest
0BalgriffinBelow average
+3Portmarnock NorthAbove average
+5KinsaleyAffluent
+7Portmarnock SouthAffluent
+8Malahide EastAffluent
Third-level educated
59.7%
55.0%
Professional class
61.7%
56.9%
Unemployment
5.2%
5.4%
Owner-occupier
78.2%
83.7%
Private rental
18.3%
12.6%
Social housing (LA)
2.1%
2.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · K36 / D13
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (MalahideK36, PortmarnockD13); safety & crime are the DMR West Garda division.
Quality of Life
68/100
70/100
National rank
#27
#18
County rank
#8
#6
Safety
48/100
59/100
Crime / 1,000
79.6
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.

Malahide Affluent+7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Swords-seatown +6 (least affluent) → Malahide East +8 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is 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 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 89 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
MalahidePortmarnock
The verdict

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

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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