Town comparison · Aughnacliffe vs Ballymahon

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Aughnacliffe or Ballymahon?

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.

Aughnacliffe, Co. Longford · N39 · 157 people | Ballymahon, Co. Longford · N39 · 1,714 people

Aughnacliffe and Ballymahon are closely matched. Each leads on 1 of the 7 dimensions, with 5 level.

Aughnacliffe leads on
education levels
Ballymahon leads on
access to its nearest city
92320

Aughnacliffe aheadlevel or not comparableBallymahon ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
AughnacliffeBallymahon
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area N39 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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.

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

Aughnacliffe
Ballymahon

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.

157
Population
1,714

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€207k
Median sale pricelower is better
€196k
Ballymahon leads
€100k – €250k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€161k – €249k
29
Sales (24m)
62
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
0.0%

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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 2 sec
Ballymahon leads
Aughnacliffe · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Naomh Colmcille Primary
147 pupils · Catholic
Ballymahon · 3 schools (largest first)
Mercy Secondary School Secondary
760 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Ballymahon Vocational School Secondary
420 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Matthews Mixed N.s Primary
372 pupils · CatholicDEIS
1
Creches
2
Ballymahon leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
0
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
4
Ballymahon leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
2
Ballymahon leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
1
3
Sports pitches
7
Ballymahon 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.

0
Restaurants
1
Ballymahon leads
0
Cafés
0
2
Pubs & bars
1
Aughnacliffe leads
2
Takeaways
0
Aughnacliffe leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
39
Residents per venuelower is better
857
Aughnacliffe 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
1
Ballymahon leads
0
Convenience shops
1
Ballymahon leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
1
Ballymahon leads
0
Post offices
1
Ballymahon leads
0
Hairdressers
1
Ballymahon leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
2
Ballymahon leads
0
EV charging
1
Ballymahon leads
1
Library & community centre
2
Ballymahon leads
157
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
171
Aughnacliffe 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.

126m · ~150 rush
Galwaylower is better
84m · ~110 rush
Ballymahon leads
111m · ~145 rush
Dublinlower is better
95m · ~130 rush
Ballymahon leads
164m · ~180 rush
Limericklower is better
121m · ~140 rush
Ballymahon leads
193m · ~205 rush
Waterfordlower is better
158m · ~170 rush
Ballymahon leads
228m · ~250 rush
Corklower is better
188m · ~210 rush
Ballymahon leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-7.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.6
Aughnacliffe leads
Aughnacliffe · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Ballinamuck EastDisadvantaged
-7Ballinamuck EastBelow average
Ballymahon · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10BallymahonDisadvantaged
-7BallymahonBelow average
30.0%
Third-level educated
28.1%
Aughnacliffe leads
29.1%
Professional class
24.1%
Aughnacliffe leads
12.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
15.8%
Aughnacliffe leads
80.1%
Owner-occupier
51.8%
Aughnacliffe leads
11.5%
Private rental
30.1%
4.0%
Social housing (LA)
17.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · N39 / N39

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (AughnacliffeN39, BallymahonN39); safety & crime are the Roscommon/Longford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

58/100
Quality of Life
58/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (N39 / N39) 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.

AughnacliffeBallymahonOverall (avg)
Safety58775877
Affordability100100
Infrastructure3737
Family7373
Education2020
Environment7676
Economic2222
020406080100020406080100
#89
National rank
#89
#1
County rank
#1
77/100
Safety
77/100
35
Crime / 1,000
35

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.

Aughnacliffe Below average-7.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballinamuck East -8 (least affluent) → Ballinamuck East -7 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Ballymahon Disadvantaged-8.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballymahon -10 (least affluent) → Ballymahon -7 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below 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 (Roscommon/Longford), 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 9 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Aughnacliffe

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