PortmarnockCo. Fingal vs SkerriesCo. 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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iPortmarnock sits in D13, Skerries in K34. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Portmarnock
Skerries

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

TOWNS
Portmarnock
Co. FINGAL · in D13 · pop · 31 small areas
Skerries
Co. FINGAL · in K34 · pop 22,944 · 37 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€659k
€598k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€416k – €764k
€353k – €870k
Sales (24m)
14
8
Price momentum (YoY)
+31.7%
New-build share
5.6%
0.0%
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
3 prim · 0 sec
5 prim · 1 sec
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
Skerries · 6 schools (largest first)
Skerries Community College Secondary
1,029 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Skerries Educate Together National School Primary
352 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Scoil Réalt Na Mara Primary
341 pupils · Catholic
St Patricks Snr Mixed Primary
339 pupils · Catholic
St Patricks Jnr Mixed Primary
281 pupils · Catholic
Holmpatrick N S Primary
69 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
8
13
GP practices
2
1
Pharmacies
3
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
27
22
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
3
8
Parks & playgrounds
6
8
Sports pitches
11
15
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
35m · ~70 rush
Waterford
132m · ~145 rush
141m · ~155 rush
Limerick
153m · ~170 rush
162m · ~180 rush
Galway
158m · ~180 rush
167m · ~190 rush
Cork
192m · ~215 rush
201m · ~225 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.7
-6.3
Portmarnock · 5 EDs, poorest → richest
0BalgriffinBelow average
+3Portmarnock NorthAbove average
+5KinsaleyAffluent
+7Portmarnock SouthAffluent
+8Malahide EastAffluent
Skerries · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8SkerriesDisadvantaged
+5HolmpatrickAffluent
Third-level educated
55.0%
32.5%
Professional class
56.9%
36.1%
Unemployment
5.4%
13.2%
Owner-occupier
83.7%
70.6%
Private rental
12.6%
4.2%
Social housing (LA)
2.0%
23.1%
Liveability & safety● AREA · D13 / K34
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (PortmarnockD13, SkerriesK34); safety & crime are the DMR North Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
70/100
57/100
National rank
#18
#93
County rank
#6
#21
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.

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.
Skerries Below average-6.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Skerries -8 (least affluent) → Holmpatrick +5 (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 68 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
PortmarnockSkerries
The verdict

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

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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