SwordsCo. Fingal vs WalkinstownCo. DublinTown level

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

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iSwords sits in K67, Walkinstown in D12. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Swords
Walkinstown

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

TOWNS
Swords
Co. FINGAL · in K67 · pop · 124 small areas
Walkinstown
Co. Dublin · in D12 · pop · 28 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€415k
€461k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€335k – €495k
€392k – €550k
Sales (24m)
944
982
Price momentum (YoY)
+1.2%
+4.8%
New-build share
0.1%
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
9 prim · 4 sec
3 prim · 2 sec
Swords · 13 schools (largest first)
Fingal Community College Secondary
866 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Finians Community College Secondary
661 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Loreto College Secondary
632 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Choilm Secondary
425 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Holy Family Senior N S Primary
627 pupils · Catholic
Holy Family Junior N S Primary
581 pupils · Catholic
Brackenstown Senior N S Primary
569 pupils · Catholic
St Cronans Junior National School Primary
499 pupils · Catholic
S N Cholmcille C Primary
371 pupils · Catholic
S N Cholmille B Primary
335 pupils · Catholic
Thornleigh Educate Together National School Primary
299 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
River Valley Cns Primary
140 pupils · Multi Denominational
Swords Borough N S Primary
90 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Walkinstown · 5 schools (largest first)
Meanscoil Iognáid Rís Secondary
506 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Assumption Secondary School Secondary
286 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Assumption Junior School Primary
449 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Drimnagh Castle Cbs N S Primary
343 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Muire Na Freastogala Girls Senior School Primary
229 pupils · Catholic
Creches
33
9
GP practices
5
2
Pharmacies
12
7
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
94
41
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
14
4
Parks & playgrounds
19
3
Sports pitches
38
12
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
21m · ~40 rush
13m · ~25 rush
Waterford
127m · ~140 rush
110m · ~125 rush
Limerick
148m · ~165 rush
131m · ~150 rush
Galway
153m · ~175 rush
144m · ~170 rush
Cork
187m · ~210 rush
171m · ~195 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
1.9
-2
Swords · 5 EDs, poorest → richest
-2Swords-glasmoreBelow average
-1Swords VillageBelow average
+2Swords-lissenhallAbove average
+4Swords-forrestAbove average
+5Swords-seatownAffluent
Walkinstown · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-4Walkinstown ABelow average
-1Walkinstown BBelow average
-1Walkinstown CBelow average
Third-level educated
43.1%
37.2%
Professional class
42.5%
32.2%
Unemployment
6.8%
6.7%
Owner-occupier
72.2%
69.4%
Private rental
19.8%
17.6%
Social housing (LA)
5.9%
8.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · K67 / D12
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (SwordsK67, WalkinstownD12); safety & crime are the DMR West Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
64/100
56/100
National rank
#57
#99
County rank
#14
#22
Safety
48/100
48/100
Crime / 1,000
79.6
79.6

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.

Swords Above average+1.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Swords-glasmore -2 (least affluent) → Swords-seatown +6 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Walkinstown Below average-2.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Walkinstown A -4 (least affluent) → Walkinstown C -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is 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 (DMR West) — 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 152 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
SwordsWalkinstown
The verdict

Swords is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Walkinstown’s 0, with 2 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and affordability. Walkinstown doesn’t lead on any.

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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