Town comparison · Ballinrobe vs Ballyhaunis

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Ballinrobe or Ballyhaunis?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 53 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo · F31 · 2,579 people | Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo · F35 · 2,039 people

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

Ballinrobe leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaccess to its nearest city
Ballyhaunis leads on
schools & amenities
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Ballinrobe aheadlevel or not comparableBallyhaunis ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallinrobeBallyhaunis
iBallinrobe sits in F31, Ballyhaunis in F35. 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.

Ballinrobe
Ballyhaunis

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.

2,579
Population
2,039

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€242k
Median sale pricelower is better
€175k
Ballyhaunis leads
€150k – €280k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€105k – €222k
136
Sales (24m)
111
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
16.2%
New-build share
0.9%

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 · 1 sec
Ballinrobe · 2 schools (largest first)
Ballinrobe Community School Secondary
840 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St. Josephs N. S. Primary
453 pupils · Catholic
Ballyhaunis · 2 schools (largest first)
Ballyhaunis Community School Secondary
750 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Iosa Primary
382 pupils · CatholicDEIS
3
Creches
2
Ballinrobe leads
N/A
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
2
Ballyhaunis leads
0
Hospitals
0
4
Bus stops
2
Ballinrobe leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Ballyhaunis leads
5
Gyms & leisure
2
Ballinrobe leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
5
Ballyhaunis leads
12
Sports pitches
17
Ballyhaunis 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
3
Ballinrobe leads
1
Cafés
2
Ballyhaunis leads
3
Pubs & bars
7
Ballyhaunis leads
0
Takeaways
5
Ballyhaunis leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
322
Residents per venuelower is better
120
Ballyhaunis leads
#104 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#64 of 131 small towns
Ballyhaunis 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.

2
Supermarkets
2
1
Convenience shops
9
Ballyhaunis leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
3
Ballyhaunis leads
3
Banks
2
Ballinrobe leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
6
Ballyhaunis leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
2
Filling stations
2
2
EV charging
1
Ballinrobe leads
0
Library & community centre
2
Ballyhaunis leads
234
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
73
Ballyhaunis 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.

49m · ~75 rush
Galwaylower is better
64m · ~90 rush
Ballinrobe leads
110m · ~130 rush
Limerick
110m · ~130 rush
178m · ~215 rush
Dublinlower is better
160m · ~195 rush
Ballyhaunis leads
189m · ~210 rush
Cork
189m · ~210 rush
221m · ~235 rush
Waterfordlower is better
214m · ~230 rush
Ballyhaunis leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-5.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10.5
Ballinrobe leads
Ballinrobe · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7BallinrobeBelow average
-4BallinrobeBelow average
Ballyhaunis · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12BallyhaunisDisadvantaged
-9BallyhaunisDisadvantaged
34.2%
Third-level educated
24.2%
Ballinrobe leads
30.3%
Professional class
20.2%
Ballinrobe leads
12.3%
Unemploymentlower is better
17.8%
Ballinrobe leads
62.5%
Owner-occupier
53.2%
Ballinrobe leads
28.7%
Private rental
31.5%
7.8%
Social housing (LA)
9.2%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F31 / F35

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallinrobeF31, BallyhaunisF35); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

77/100
Quality of Life
67/100
Ballinrobe leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F31 / 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.

BallinrobeBallyhaunisOverall (avg)
Safety77826782
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8887
Family8584
Education5814
Environment8282
Economic4222
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#2
National ranklower is better
#15
Ballinrobe leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Ballinrobe leads
82/100
Safety
82/100
26.9
Crime / 1,000
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.

Ballinrobe Below average-5.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballinrobe -7 (least affluent) → Ballinrobe -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below 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 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 (Mayo), 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 19 CSO Small Areas.

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