BallintraCo. Donegal vs LiffordCo. DonegalTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iBallintra sits in F94, Lifford in F93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ballintra
Lifford

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

TOWNS
Ballintra
Co. DONEGAL · in F94 · pop 242 · 2 small areas
Lifford
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop 1,613 · 7 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€175k
€160k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€133k – €277k
€100k – €235k
Sales (24m)
18
134
Price momentum (YoY)
-20.9%
-5.8%
New-build share
0.0%
0.0%
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
2 prim · 0 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Ballintra · 2 schools (largest first)
Scoil Naomh Earnan Primary
92 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Robertson N S Primary
64 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
Lifford · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál Primary
120 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
2
3
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
0
1
Hospitals
0
1
Bus stops
2
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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
166m · ~190 rush
217m · ~240 rush
Dublin
176m · ~210 rush
174m · ~210 rush
Limerick
212m · ~230 rush
263m · ~280 rush
Waterford
272m · ~285 rush
279m · ~295 rush
Cork
292m · ~315 rush
329m · ~350 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.4
-18.2
Ballintra · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9BallintraDisadvantaged
-6BallintraBelow average
Lifford · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-19Clonleigh SouthVery disadvantaged
-17Clonleigh SouthVery disadvantaged
Third-level educated
34.1%
20.2%
Professional class
34.3%
21.8%
Unemployment
13.0%
25.4%
Owner-occupier
81.0%
63.7%
Private rental
9.3%
17.7%
Social housing (LA)
5.4%
14.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F94 / F93
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallintraF94, LiffordF93); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
57/100
54/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F94 / F93) 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.

BallintraLiffordOverall (avg)
Safety57715471
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2222
Family8380
Education2017
Environment7469
Economic2819
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#93
#101
County rank
#2
#3
Safety
71/100
71/100
Crime / 1,000
44.8
44.8

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.

Ballintra Below average-7.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballintra -9 (least affluent) → Ballintra -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Lifford Very disadvantaged-18.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clonleigh South -19 (least affluent) → Clonleigh South -17 (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 (Donegal) — 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 9 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallintraLifford
The verdict

Ballintra is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Lifford’s 0, with 5 level: affluence and education levels. Lifford doesn’t lead on any.

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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