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Ireland / Western Europe

Swords City Intelligence

Swords is the county town of Fingal in the northern Dublin metropolitan area, adjacent to Dublin Airport and served by bus corridors and planned light-rail extensions within a fast-growing commuter catchment. Swords is a western europe city of about ~40K in Ireland. On the composite city-intelligence score, Swords sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (58/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~40K
View of Swords, Ireland

Image credit: Image: Peter Gerken / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Overall score

Use the Swords profile to compare transport access, housing cost framing, and metropolitan growth context alongside Dublin and other Leinster peers.

Overall58/100
Affordability48/100
Air quality63/100
Energy63/100

Overall city intelligence

Constrained

58/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Swords data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Swords city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score58/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living48/100Swords's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality63/100Swords's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy63/100Swords's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety58/100Swords's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed61/100Swords's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk57/100Swords's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience57/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety78/100
Low crime80/100
Personal safety80/100
Night safety76/100
Road safety76/100

Swords is estimated to be a generally safe city (78/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life80/100
Healthcare85/100
Education82/100
Green space89/100
Cleanliness83/100
Infrastructure83/100
Mobility63/100

Swords has a very high quality-of-life estimate (80/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness80/100
Education82/100
Green space89/100
Overall safety78/100

Swords scores very high for family living (80/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability69/100
Walkability75/100
Cycling59/100
Infrastructure83/100

Swords is high for remote workers (69/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability74/100
Healthcare85/100
Cleanliness83/100
Outdoor lifestyle55/100

Swords is high for retirement (74/100), appealing for healthcare access and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Swords

Local public safety guidance for Swords, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Swords, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Ireland emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Swords

Healthcare context for Swords, with national-level information from Ireland where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Swords, see the Ireland healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Swords

Local mobility context for Swords, with national-level context from Ireland where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Swords, see the Ireland transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Swords. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Swords

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Swords will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Swords air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Swords modules

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Cost of Living in Swords

Swords's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Swords

Swords's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Swords

Swords's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Swords

Swords's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Swords

Swords's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Swords

Swords's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Swords

Cost of living estimates for Swords — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Swords

Climate profile for Swords — Oceanic climate, annual average 8.9°C, comfort score 58/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Swords

Economy and jobs profile for Swords — tourism economy, economy score 79/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, technology. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Swords

Education profile for Swords — regional education center, education score 62/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Swords

Source-attributed visual context for Swords using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Swords

Weekend trip planning checklist for Swords — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Swords

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Swords

Estimate a monthly budget for Swords using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Swords

Plan a trip budget for Swords using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Swords

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Swords. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Dublin, Ireland

Same region · about 13 km from Swords. Explore Dublin's city intelligence profile.

Bray, Ireland

Same region · about 30 km from Swords. Explore Bray's city intelligence profile.

Drogheda, Ireland

Same region · about 30 km from Swords. Explore Drogheda's city intelligence profile.

Dundalk, Ireland

Same region · about 62 km from Swords. Explore Dundalk's city intelligence profile.

Kilkenny, Ireland

Same corridor · about 113 km from Swords. Explore Kilkenny's city intelligence profile.

Athlone, Ireland

Same corridor · about 114 km from Swords. Explore Athlone's city intelligence profile.

Waterford, Ireland

Same corridor · about 147 km from Swords. Explore Waterford's city intelligence profile.

Sligo, Ireland

Same corridor · about 174 km from Swords. Explore Sligo's city intelligence profile.

Limerick, Ireland

Coastal cluster · about 183 km from Swords. Explore Limerick's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Swords — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Swords — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Swords profile to compare transport access, housing cost framing, and metropolitan growth context alongside Dublin and other Leinster peers. Its standout dimensions are air quality (63/100) and energy (63/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (48/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Ireland country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Swords appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.