Maynooth vs SallinsTown level

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

iMaynooth sits in W23, Sallins in W91. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Maynooth
Sallins

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

TOWNS
Maynooth
Co. Kildare · in W23 · pop · 58 small areas
Sallins
Co. Kildare · in W91 · pop · 54 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€450k
€386k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€355k – €623k
€317k – €504k
Sales (24m)
87
172
Price momentum (YoY)
+20.9%
+27.2%
New-build share
1.5%
7.4%
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
5 prim · 3 sec
2 prim · 0 sec
Maynooth · 9 schools (largest first)
Maynooth Post Primary School Secondary
1,018 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Maynooth Community College Secondary
962 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad Secondary
129 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Maynooth University Secondary
enrolment n/a · 60% to 3rd-level · university
Presentation Girls Primary School Primary
633 pupils · Catholic
Maynooth B N S Primary
613 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Ui Fhiaich Primary
458 pupils · Catholic
Maynooth Educate Together National School Primary
412 pupils · Multi Denominational
Gaelscoil Ruairí Primary
145 pupils · Multi Denominational
Sallins · 2 schools (largest first)
St Laurences National School Primary
652 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Bríd Primary
628 pupils · Catholic
Creches
14
13
GP practices
5
1
Pharmacies
6
3
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
44
26
Rail / Luas stops
1
1
Gyms & leisure
18
5
Parks & playgrounds
10
7
Sports pitches
59
29
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
29m · ~60 rush
35m · ~70 rush
Waterford
112m · ~125 rush
90m · ~105 rush
Limerick
134m · ~150 rush
111m · ~130 rush
Galway
128m · ~150 rush
142m · ~165 rush
Cork
173m · ~195 rush
150m · ~170 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
8.7
6.1
Maynooth · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+9MaynoothAffluent
Sallins · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
+5BodenstownAffluent
+6Naas UrbanAffluent
+8Naas RuralAffluent
Third-level educated
66.0%
55.3%
Professional class
52.4%
50.5%
Unemployment
5.4%
6.2%
Owner-occupier
64.8%
70.8%
Private rental
30.0%
19.7%
Social housing (LA)
3.3%
7.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · W23 / W91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (MaynoothW23, SallinsW91); safety & crime are the Kildare Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
68/100
66/100
National rank
#27
#35
County rank
#1
#2
Safety
63/100
63/100
Crime / 1,000
55.1
55.1

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.

Maynooth Affluent+8.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Maynooth) — above the national average.
Sallins Affluent+6.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Bodenstown +5 (least affluent) → Naas Rural +8 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above 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 (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 112 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportAffordabilityDublin access
MaynoothSallins
The verdict

Maynooth is the stronger town on the data — ahead on 5 of 6 dimensions: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and the Dublin commute. Sallins’s edge is affordability.

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