Town comparison · Ballinamore vs Dromahair

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Ballinamore or Dromahair?

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.

Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim · N41 · 1,112 people | Dromahair, Co. Leitrim · F91 · 803 people

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

Ballinamore leads on
schools & amenities
Dromahair leads on
affluenceeducation levelspublic transport
212110

Ballinamore aheadlevel or not comparableDromahair ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallinamoreDromahair
iBallinamore sits in N41, Dromahair in F91. 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.

Ballinamore
Dromahair

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.

1,112
Population
803

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€178k
Median sale pricelower is better
€195k
Ballinamore leads
€134k – €230k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€90k – €285k
58
Sales (24m)
45
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
0.0%
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 · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Ballinamore leads
Ballinamore · 2 schools (largest first)
Ballinamore Community School Secondary
321 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Chlann Naofa Primary
234 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Dromahair · 1 schools (largest first)
Drumlease N S Primary
150 pupils · Catholic
2
Creches
2
1
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
0
Ballinamore leads
0
Hospitals
0
6
Bus stops
8
Dromahair leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
4
Gyms & leisure
0
Ballinamore leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
1
8
Sports pitches
2
Ballinamore 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.

4
Restaurants
1
Ballinamore leads
0
Cafés
0
9
Pubs & bars
1
Ballinamore leads
3
Takeaways
0
Ballinamore leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
70
Residents per venuelower is better
402
Ballinamore 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.

3
Supermarkets
0
Ballinamore leads
3
Convenience shops
1
Ballinamore leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Ballinamore leads
2
Banks
0
Ballinamore leads
1
Post offices
0
Ballinamore leads
5
Hairdressers
1
Ballinamore leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
2
Filling stations
0
Ballinamore leads
0
EV charging
0
3
Library & community centre
0
Ballinamore leads
51
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
402
Ballinamore 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.

142m · ~165 rush
Galwaylower is better
129m · ~155 rush
Dromahair leads
134m · ~170 rush
Dublinlower is better
160m · ~195 rush
Ballinamore leads
184m · ~200 rush
Limericklower is better
175m · ~195 rush
Dromahair leads
215m · ~230 rush
Waterfordlower is better
242m · ~255 rush
Ballinamore leads
250m · ~270 rush
Corklower is better
255m · ~275 rush
Ballinamore leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-4.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-0.7
Dromahair leads
Ballinamore · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-11GaradiceDisadvantaged
-4GaradiceBelow average
-4BallinamoreBelow average
-2BallinamoreBelow average
Dromahair · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-1DrumahaireBelow average
0DrumahaireBelow average
36.7%
Third-level educated
41.8%
Dromahair leads
38.6%
Professional class
43.3%
Dromahair leads
12.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.2%
Dromahair leads
66.3%
Owner-occupier
75.0%
Dromahair leads
18.3%
Private rental
15.1%
6.9%
Social housing (LA)
5.7%

Liveability & safety

AREA · N41 / F91

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallinamoreN41, DromahairF91); safety & crime are the Sligo/Leitrim Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

62/100
Quality of Life
71/100
Dromahair leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (N41 / F91) 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.

BallinamoreDromahairOverall (avg)
Safety62757175
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2269
Family8775
Education4552
Environment6382
Economic3945
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#66
National ranklower is better
#10
Dromahair leads
#1
County rank
#1
75/100
Safety
75/100
37.3
Crime / 1,000
37.3

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.

Ballinamore Below average-4.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Garadice -11 (least affluent) → Ballinamore -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Dromahair Below average-0.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Drumahaire -1 (least affluent) → Drumahaire 0 (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 (Sligo/Leitrim), 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 8 CSO Small Areas.

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The stronger town on the data.

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