BallinaCo. Mayo vs CrossmolinaCo. 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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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area F26 — 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.
Ballina
Crossmolina

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

TOWNS
Ballina
Co. MAYO · in F26 · pop · 45 small areas
Crossmolina
Co. MAYO · in F26 · pop 1,740 · 5 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€184k
€270k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€98k – €313k
€65k – €303k
Sales (24m)
40
5
Price momentum (YoY)
+30.2%
New-build share
10.8%
33.3%
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
3 prim · 3 sec
1 prim · 1 sec
Ballina · 6 schools (largest first)
St. Mary's Secondary School Secondary
539 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Muredachs College Secondary
401 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Moyne College Secondary
207 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Íosa Primary
245 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Na Gceithre Maol Primary
138 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Saint Michaels N S Primary
27 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Crossmolina · 2 schools (largest first)
St. Tiernan's College Secondary
237 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Crossmolina N.s. Primary
242 pupils · Catholic
Creches
9
3
GP practices
1
1
Pharmacies
12
2
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
6
6
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
10
0
Parks & playgrounds
5
1
Sports pitches
26
5
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
107m · ~130 rush
111m · ~135 rush
Limerick
153m · ~170 rush
163m · ~180 rush
Dublin
191m · ~225 rush
201m · ~235 rush
Cork
232m · ~255 rush
242m · ~265 rush
Waterford
252m · ~265 rush
262m · ~275 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-13
-1.8
Ballina · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-19Ardnaree South UrbanVery disadvantaged
-16Ballina UrbanVery disadvantaged
-5Ballina RuralBelow average
+1Ardnaree South RuralAbove average
Crossmolina · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4Crossmolina NorthBelow average
+1Crossmolina SouthAbove average
Third-level educated
28.8%
34.9%
Professional class
29.3%
38.3%
Unemployment
18.1%
6.8%
Owner-occupier
61.4%
78.5%
Private rental
24.0%
12.5%
Social housing (LA)
10.3%
4.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F26 / F26
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallinaF26, CrossmolinaF26); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
68/100
68/100
National rank
#27
#27
County rank
#2
#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.

Ballina Disadvantaged-13.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ardnaree South Urban -19 (least affluent) → Ardnaree South Rural +1 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Crossmolina Below average-1.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Crossmolina North -4 (least affluent) → Crossmolina South +1 (most affluent). It straddles 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 50 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallinaCrossmolina
The verdict

Ballina is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Crossmolina’s 2, with 2 level: schools & amenities, public transport and affordability. Crossmolina leads on affluence and education levels.

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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