BallinaghCo. Cavan vs CavanCo. CavanTown 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 H12 — 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.
Ballinagh
Cavan

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

TOWNS
Ballinagh
Co. CAVAN · in H12 · pop · 4 small areas
Cavan
Co. CAVAN · in H12 · pop · 33 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€270k
€181k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€162k – €300k
€144k – €329k
Sales (24m)
9
24
Price momentum (YoY)
+176.4%
+251.2%
New-build share
0.0%
6.7%
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 · 0 sec
5 prim · 3 sec
Ballinagh · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Beal Atha Na Neach Primary
228 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Cavan · 8 schools (largest first)
Breifne College Secondary
893 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Patrick's College Secondary
809 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Royal School Cavan Secondary
354 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CHURCH OF IRELAND
St Clares Primary School Primary
550 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Sn Naomh Feidhlim Boys Snr Sch Primary
276 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Dromaili S N Primary
217 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Bhreifne Primary
201 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Cavan 1 N S Primary
62 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
2
11
GP practices
0
4
Pharmacies
1
9
Hospitals
1
4
Bus stops
5
42
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
2
15
Parks & playgrounds
2
11
Sports pitches
5
36
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.
Dublin
101m · ~135 rush
98m · ~135 rush
Galway
126m · ~150 rush
137m · ~160 rush
Limerick
164m · ~180 rush
175m · ~195 rush
Waterford
192m · ~205 rush
194m · ~210 rush
Cork
227m · ~250 rush
238m · ~260 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6
-9.1
Ballinagh · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-6BellananaghBelow average
Cavan · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-17Cavan UrbanVery disadvantaged
-2Cavan RuralBelow average
-2MoynehallBelow average
Third-level educated
31.4%
33.7%
Professional class
34.7%
28.7%
Unemployment
10.9%
15.8%
Owner-occupier
64.1%
48.8%
Private rental
17.5%
30.9%
Social housing (LA)
17.5%
17.5%
Liveability & safety● AREA · H12 / H12
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallinaghH12, CavanH12); safety & crime are the Cavan/Monaghan Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
62/100
62/100
National rank
#66
#66
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
74/100
74/100
Crime / 1,000
40
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 Below average-6.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Bellananagh) — below the national average.
Cavan Disadvantaged-9.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Cavan Urban -17 (least affluent) → Moynehall -2 (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 (Cavan/Monaghan) — 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 37 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallinaghCavan
The verdict

Cavan is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Ballinagh’s 1, with 1 level: education levels, schools & amenities, public transport, affordability and access to its nearest city. Ballinagh leads on affluence.

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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