BallaCo. Mayo vs BallyhaunisCo. MayoTown level

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

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iBalla sits in F23, Ballyhaunis in F35. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Balla
Ballyhaunis

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

TOWNS
Balla
Co. MAYO · in F23 · pop 860 · 4 small areas
Ballyhaunis
Co. MAYO · in F35 · pop 2,039 · 8 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€241k
€170k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€190k – €296k
€100k – €215k
Sales (24m)
38
112
Price momentum (YoY)
+19.6%
-20.0%
New-build share
6.3%
11.1%
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
1 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Balla · 2 schools (largest first)
Balla Secondary School Secondary
475 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Naisiunta Balla Aluinn Primary
200 pupils · Catholic
Ballyhaunis · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Iosa Primary
382 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
1
2
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
0
2
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
3
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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.
Galway
69m · ~95 rush
64m · ~90 rush
Limerick
116m · ~135 rush
110m · ~130 rush
Dublin
182m · ~215 rush
160m · ~195 rush
Cork
195m · ~215 rush
189m · ~210 rush
Waterford
227m · ~240 rush
214m · ~230 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.3
-10.5
Balla · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-3BallaBelow average
+1BallaAbove average
Ballyhaunis · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12BallyhaunisDisadvantaged
-9BallyhaunisDisadvantaged
Third-level educated
34.5%
24.2%
Professional class
38.8%
20.2%
Unemployment
8.1%
17.8%
Owner-occupier
81.0%
53.2%
Private rental
13.7%
31.5%
Social housing (LA)
3.6%
9.2%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F23 / F35
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallaF23, BallyhaunisF35); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
65/100
67/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F23 / F35) 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.

BallaBallyhaunisOverall (avg)
Safety65826782
Affordability99100
Infrastructure2587
Family7984
Education4614
Environment7682
Economic4622
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#49
#15
County rank
#4
#2
Safety
82/100
82/100
Crime / 1,000
26.9
26.9

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.

Balla Below average-1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Balla -3 (least affluent) → Balla +1 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Ballyhaunis Disadvantaged-10.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballyhaunis -12 (least affluent) → Ballyhaunis -9 (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 (Mayo) — 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 12 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallaBallyhaunis
The verdict

Balla is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Ballyhaunis’s 1, with 4 level: affluence and education levels. Ballyhaunis leads on access to its nearest city.

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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