MonaghanCo. Monaghan vs SmithboroughCo. MonaghanTown level

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

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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area H18 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Monaghan
Smithborough

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

TOWNS
Monaghan
Co. MONAGHAN · in H18 · pop · 30 small areas
Smithborough
Co. MONAGHAN · in H18 · pop · 1 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€277k
€120k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€254k – €292k
€40k – €208k
Sales (24m)
12
6
Price momentum (YoY)
-78.4%
New-build share
33.3%
60.0%
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
5 prim · 3 sec
0 prim · 0 sec
Monaghan · 8 schools (largest first)
Beech Hill College Secondary
891 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St. Louis Secondary School Secondary
521 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Oiriall Secondary
402 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Gaelscoil Ultain Primary
376 pupils · Catholic
St Louis Infant School Primary
227 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Marys Bns Primary
222 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St. Louis Girls National School Primary
201 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Monaghan Model School Primary
192 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Smithborough · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Creches
9
0
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
2
0
Hospitals
3
0
Bus stops
33
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
8
0
Parks & playgrounds
10
1
Sports pitches
34
1
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
101m · ~135 rush
110m · ~145 rush
Galway
175m · ~200 rush
166m · ~190 rush
Limerick
213m · ~230 rush
204m · ~220 rush
Waterford
207m · ~220 rush
216m · ~230 rush
Cork
268m · ~290 rush
266m · ~290 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.2
-7.1
Monaghan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Monaghan UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Monaghan RuralBelow average
Smithborough · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-7DrumsnatBelow average
Third-level educated
30.8%
29.8%
Professional class
25.4%
30.1%
Unemployment
10.7%
8.2%
Owner-occupier
52.9%
70.0%
Private rental
31.2%
12.9%
Social housing (LA)
13.9%
13.7%
Liveability & safety● AREA · H18 / H18
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (MonaghanH18, SmithboroughH18); safety & crime are the Cavan/Monaghan Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
72/100
72/100
National rank
#4
#4
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
74/100
74/100
Crime / 1,000
40
40

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.

Monaghan Below average-7.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Monaghan Urban -9 (least affluent) → Monaghan Rural -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Smithborough Below average-7.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Drumsnat) — 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 (Cavan/Monaghan) — 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 31 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
MonaghanSmithborough
The verdict

Monaghan is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Smithborough’s 1, with 3 level: schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city. Smithborough 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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