Town comparison · Ranelagh vs Terenure

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Ranelagh or Terenure?

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.

Ranelagh, Co. Dublin · D06 · 48,716 people | Terenure, Co. Dublin · D6W · 17,972 people

Ranelagh and Terenure are closely matched. Each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level.

Ranelagh leads on
affluenceeducation levels
Terenure leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transport
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Ranelagh aheadlevel or not comparableTerenure ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
RanelaghTerenure
iRanelagh sits in D06, Terenure in D6W. 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.
!Ranelagh is a city suburb — its boundary follows the postal area (the Small Areas whose addresses carry the name), not an official settlement line, so it can run broader than the local core and the figures cover that wider postal patch.

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

Ranelagh
Terenure

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.

48,716
Population
17,972

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€800k
Median sale pricelower is better
€670k
Terenure leads
€537k – €1324k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€536k – €896k
914
Sales (24m)
578
+46.5%
Price momentum (YoY)
+7.1%
1.3%
New-build share
2.1%

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 · 1 sec
Schools
7 prim · 3 sec
Terenure leads
Ranelagh · 4 schools (largest first)
Christian Brothers, Synge St. Secondary
291 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Technological University Dublin Third-level
enrolment n/a · technological_university
Presentation Primary School Primary
229 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Sancta Maria C B S Primary
101 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Terenure · 10 schools (largest first)
St Pauls Secondary School Secondary
464 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Presentation Community College Secondary
458 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Greenhills College Secondary
177 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Presentation Primary School Primary
418 pupils · Catholic
Harolds Cross N S Primary
395 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Josephs Boys N S Primary
379 pupils · Catholic
Holy Spirit Junior Primary School Primary
277 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Holy Spirit Senior Primary School Primary
266 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Damiens Ns Primary
232 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Mologa Primary
228 pupils · Catholic
5
Creches
15
Terenure leads
5
GP practices
2
Ranelagh leads
5
Pharmacies
5
1
Hospitals
0
Ranelagh leads
20
Bus stops
61
Terenure leads
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
Ranelagh leads
6
Gyms & leisure
12
Terenure leads
3
Parks & playgrounds
11
Terenure leads
2
Sports pitches
47
Terenure 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.

30
Restaurants
17
Ranelagh leads
27
Cafés
7
Ranelagh leads
19
Pubs & bars
3
Ranelagh leads
25
Takeaways
6
Ranelagh leads
3
Nightclubs
0
Ranelagh leads
0
Cinema & theatre
0
468
Residents per venuelower is better
545
Ranelagh 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
6
Terenure leads
11
Convenience shops
4
Ranelagh leads
4
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Ranelagh leads
3
Banks
2
Ranelagh leads
2
Post offices
1
Ranelagh leads
8
Hairdressers
11
Terenure leads
6
Dentists
3
Ranelagh leads
0
Vets
1
Terenure leads
0
Filling stations
1
Terenure leads
1
EV charging
0
Ranelagh leads
2
Library & community centre
6
Terenure leads
1,317
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
486
Terenure 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.

10m · ~20 rush
Dublinlower is better
11m · ~20 rush
Ranelagh leads
118m · ~130 rush
Waterfordlower is better
112m · ~125 rush
Terenure leads
140m · ~160 rush
Limericklower is better
134m · ~150 rush
Terenure leads
149m · ~175 rush
Galwaylower is better
146m · ~170 rush
Terenure leads
179m · ~200 rush
Corklower is better
173m · ~195 rush
Terenure leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
10.7
Affluence (Pobal HP)
2.8
Ranelagh leads
Ranelagh · 31 EDs, poorest → richest
-6Royal Exchange BBelow average
+1Royal Exchange BAbove average
+5Wood Quay BAffluent
+6Saint Kevin'sAffluent
+6Wood Quay BAffluent
+9South DockAffluent
+10Rathmines West BAffluent
+10Rathmines West BAffluent
+10Rathmines West DAffluent
+10Rathmines West DAffluent
+10Rathmines West AAffluent
+10Rathmines East AAffluent
+10Mansion House BAffluent
+10Rathmines West FAffluent
+10Rathmines West FAffluent
+10Rathmines West AAffluent
+11South DockAffluent
+11Pembroke West CAffluent
+12Rathmines East DAffluent
+12Rathmines East CAffluent
+12Rathmines West CAffluent
+12Rathmines East BAffluent
+12Pembroke West BVery affluent
+12Rathmines East AVery affluent
+13Rathmines West CVery affluent
+13Rathmines East CVery affluent
+13Pembroke West BVery affluent
+13Rathmines East DVery affluent
+14Rathmines East BVery affluent
+15Pembroke West CVery affluent
+17Mansion House BVery affluent
Terenure · 14 EDs, poorest → richest
-15Terenure-st. JamesDisadvantaged
-8Terenure-st. JamesDisadvantaged
-6Terenure-cherryfieldBelow average
-2Terenure-greentreesBelow average
+0Terenure-cherryfieldAbove average
+3Terenure-greentreesAbove average
+5Terenure BAffluent
+8Terenure AAffluent
+9Terenure BAffluent
+9Terenure CAffluent
+10Terenure AAffluent
+10Terenure CAffluent
+11Terenure DAffluent
+12Terenure DAffluent
76.9%
Third-level educated
52.2%
Ranelagh leads
55.5%
Professional class
51.5%
Ranelagh leads
6.7%
Unemploymentlower is better
7.0%
Ranelagh leads
34.2%
Owner-occupier
80.0%
Terenure leads
57.9%
Private rental
17.0%
3.8%
Social housing (LA)
1.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · D06 / D6W

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (RanelaghD06, TerenureD6W); safety & crime are the DMR South Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

68/100
Quality of Life
71/100
Terenure leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (D06 / D6W) 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.

RanelaghTerenureOverall (avg)
Safety68607160
Affordability1010
Infrastructure100100
Family4684
Education10082
Environment7467
Economic8994
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#28
National ranklower is better
#10
Terenure leads
#9
County ranklower is better
#2
Terenure leads
60/100
Safety
60/100
60.2
Crime / 1,000
60.2

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.

Ranelagh Affluent+10.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Royal Exchange B -6 (least affluent) → Mansion House B +17 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Terenure Above average+2.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Terenure-st. James -15 (least affluent) → Terenure D +12 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (DMR South), 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 295 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Ranelagh

The towns are level, so these are from the first.

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