Town comparison · Ballinagh vs Ballyconnell

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Ballinagh or Ballyconnell?

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.

Ballinagh, Co. Cavan · H12 · 1,280 people | Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan · H14 · 1,453 people

Ballyconnell is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Ballinagh’s 1, with 3 level.

Ballinagh leads on
access to its nearest city
Ballyconnell leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaffordability
141523

Ballinagh aheadlevel or not comparableBallyconnell ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallinaghBallyconnell
iBallinagh sits in H12, Ballyconnell in H14. 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.

Ballinagh
Ballyconnell

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.

1,280
Population
1,453

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€270k
Median sale pricelower is better
€221k
Ballyconnell leads
€171k – €309k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€168k – €279k
44
Sales (24m)
74
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+15.9%
9.1%
New-build share
9.5%

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.

2 prim · 0 sec
Schools
3 prim · 0 sec
Ballyconnell leads
Ballinagh · 2 schools (largest first)
S N Beal Atha Na Neach Primary
228 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Mhuire Primary
103 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Ballyconnell · 3 schools (largest first)
Ballyconnell Mxd N S Primary
204 pupils · Catholic
S N Naomh Maodhog Primary
58 pupils · Catholic
Ballyconell Central N S Primary
27 pupils · Church Of Ireland
4
Creches
5
Ballyconnell leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
2
Ballyconnell leads
1
Hospitals
1
7
Bus stops
8
Ballyconnell leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
1
Ballinagh leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
4
Ballyconnell leads
10
Sports pitches
7
Ballinagh 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.

2
Restaurants
3
Ballyconnell leads
1
Cafés
2
Ballyconnell leads
7
Pubs & bars
8
Ballyconnell leads
3
Takeaways
2
Ballinagh leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
98
Residents per venuelower is better
97
Ballyconnell 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
Ballyconnell leads
3
Convenience shops
2
Ballinagh leads
4
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Ballinagh leads
0
Banks
1
Ballyconnell leads
0
Post offices
1
Ballyconnell leads
4
Hairdressers
2
Ballinagh leads
0
Dentists
1
Ballyconnell leads
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
3
Ballyconnell leads
1
EV charging
2
Ballyconnell leads
1
Library & community centre
6
Ballyconnell leads
91
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
69
Ballyconnell 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.

101m · ~135 rush
Dublinlower is better
114m · ~150 rush
Ballinagh leads
126m · ~150 rush
Galwaylower is better
155m · ~180 rush
Ballinagh leads
164m · ~180 rush
Limericklower is better
192m · ~210 rush
Ballinagh leads
192m · ~205 rush
Waterfordlower is better
210m · ~225 rush
Ballinagh leads
227m · ~250 rush
Corklower is better
255m · ~275 rush
Ballinagh leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-8.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.1
Ballyconnell leads
Ballinagh · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11BellananaghDisadvantaged
-6BellananaghBelow average
Ballyconnell · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6BallyconnellBelow average
-5BallyconnellBelow average
25.9%
Third-level educated
28.0%
Ballyconnell leads
28.8%
Professional class
31.4%
Ballyconnell leads
15.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.7%
Ballyconnell leads
64.1%
Owner-occupier
52.2%
Ballinagh leads
17.7%
Private rental
21.1%
16.5%
Social housing (LA)
5.1%

Liveability & safety

AREA · H12 / H14

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallinaghH12, BallyconnellH14); safety & crime are the Cavan/Monaghan Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

62/100
Quality of Life
56/100
Ballinagh leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (H12 / H14) 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.

BallinaghBallyconnellOverall (avg)
Safety62745674
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2430
Family8282
Education4218
Environment7662
Economic3425
020406080100020406080100
#66
National ranklower is better
#27
Ballyconnell leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Ballinagh leads
74/100
Safety
74/100
40
Crime / 1,000
40

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.

Ballinagh Disadvantaged-8.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Bellananagh -11 (least affluent) → Bellananagh -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Ballyconnell Below average-5.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballyconnell -6 (least affluent) → Ballyconnell -5 (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 (Cavan/Monaghan), 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 10 CSO Small Areas.

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