RatoathCo. Meath vs SlaneCo. MeathTown level

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

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iRatoath sits in A85, Slane in A92. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ratoath
Slane

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

TOWNS
Ratoath
Co. MEATH · in A85 · pop · 24 small areas
Slane
Co. MEATH · in A92 · pop · 4 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€435k
€321k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€355k – €545k
€249k – €397k
Sales (24m)
181
100
Price momentum (YoY)
New-build share
66.7%
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
2 prim · 0 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Ratoath · 2 schools (largest first)
Ratoath Senior Ns Primary
360 pupils · Catholic
Ratoath Junior N S Primary
244 pupils · Catholic
Slane · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Naomh Padraig Primary
243 pupils · Catholic
Creches
9
2
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
4
1
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
13
7
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
5
1
Parks & playgrounds
1
1
Sports pitches
9
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
30m · ~60 rush
47m · ~80 rush
Waterford
129m · ~145 rush
147m · ~160 rush
Galway
148m · ~170 rush
159m · ~185 rush
Limerick
150m · ~170 rush
168m · ~185 rush
Cork
190m · ~210 rush
208m · ~230 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.5
-4.3
Ratoath · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
+4RatoathAffluent
Slane · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4SlaneBelow average
Third-level educated
48.2%
36.5%
Professional class
52.2%
39.3%
Unemployment
6.1%
9.6%
Owner-occupier
83.8%
76.8%
Private rental
11.1%
14.4%
Social housing (LA)
3.5%
7.5%
Liveability & safety● AREA · A85 / A92
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (RatoathA85, SlaneA92); safety & crime are the Meath Garda division.
Quality of Life
72/100
67/100
National rank
#4
#31
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
47/100
54/100
Crime / 1,000
76
68

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.

Ratoath Affluent+4.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Ratoath) — above the national average.
Slane Below average-4.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Slane) — 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 (Meath) — 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 28 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
RatoathSlane
The verdict

Ratoath is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Slane’s 2: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city. Slane leads on safety and 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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