Town comparison · Navan vs Nobber

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Navan or Nobber?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Navan, Co. Meath · C15 · 35,754 people | Nobber, Co. Meath · A82 · 404 people

Navan is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Nobber’s 2.

Navan leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
Nobber leads on
safetyaffordability
152116

Navan aheadlevel or not comparableNobber ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
NavanNobber
iNavan sits in C15, Nobber in A82. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

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

Navan
Nobber

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

35,754
Population
404

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€355k
Median sale pricelower is better
€300k
Nobber leads
€280k – €410k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€264k – €333k
925
Sales (24m)
11
+14.0%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
21.8%
New-build share
N/A

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

2 prim · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
Navan · 2 schools (largest first)
Scoil Bhríde Primary
386 pupils · Catholic
S N Nmh Sheosamh Primary
141 pupils · Catholic
Nobber · 2 schools (largest first)
O'carolan College Secondary
678 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Eoin Báiste Primary
114 pupils · Catholic
4
Creches
1
Navan leads
1
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
1
Nobber leads
0
Hospitals
0
13
Bus stops
8
Navan leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
3
Gyms & leisure
0
Navan leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
1
58
Sports pitches
6
Navan leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

0
Restaurants
0
0
Cafés
1
Nobber leads
2
Pubs & bars
3
Nobber leads
0
Takeaways
1
Nobber leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
17,877
Residents per venuelower is better
81
Nobber leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

0
Supermarkets
0
6
Convenience shops
1
Navan leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
0
0
Hairdressers
2
Nobber leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
1
Nobber leads
5
Filling stations
0
Navan leads
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
2
Nobber leads
3,250
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
67
Nobber leads

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.

48m · ~85 rush
Dublinlower is better
69m · ~105 rush
Navan leads
145m · ~160 rush
Waterfordlower is better
166m · ~180 rush
Navan leads
148m · ~170 rush
Galwaylower is better
156m · ~180 rush
Navan leads
166m · ~185 rush
Limericklower is better
183m · ~200 rush
Navan leads
205m · ~225 rush
Corklower is better
226m · ~250 rush
Navan leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.5
Navan leads
Navan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Navan UrbanBelow average
-2Navan RuralBelow average
Nobber · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8NobberBelow average
-7NobberBelow average
36.6%
Third-level educated
26.2%
Navan leads
35.3%
Professional class
30.1%
Navan leads
10.3%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.6%
Navan leads
66.2%
Owner-occupier
67.2%
Nobber leads
19.8%
Private rental
12.8%
10.9%
Social housing (LA)
14.7%

Liveability & safety

AREA · C15 / A82

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (NavanC15, NobberA82); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division.

57/100
Quality of Life
62/100
Nobber leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (C15 / A82) from official data — Garda crime, CSO income & census, OPW flood, EPA water, and transport/healthcare/broadband coverage. Refreshed quarterly. The dashed line is each town’s overall score (that average) — dimensions to its right beat the average, to its left fall short. Two towns can share a score with a very different mix.

NavanNobberOverall (avg)
Safety57476274
Affordability8094
Infrastructure2926
Family7983
Education5042
Environment6684
Economic4834
020406080100020406080100
#93
National ranklower is better
#66
Nobber leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#1
Nobber leads
47/100
Safety
74/100
Nobber leads
76
Crime / 1,000lower is better
40
Nobber leads

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.

Navan Below average-3.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Navan Urban -8 (least affluent) → Navan Rural -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Nobber Below average-7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Nobber) — below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and 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.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (Meath), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 111 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Navan

The stronger town on the data.

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