BallisodareCo. Sligo vs SligoCo. SligoTown 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 F91 — 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.
Ballisodare
Sligo

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

TOWNS
Ballisodare
Co. SLIGO · in F91 · pop · 9 small areas
Sligo
Co. SLIGO · in F91 · pop · 82 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€313k
€248k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€295k – €340k
€170k – €320k
Sales (24m)
33
53
Price momentum (YoY)
-6.2%
+0.5%
New-build share
33.9%
27.8%
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 · 1 sec
5 prim · 3 sec
Ballisodare · 2 schools (largest first)
St Marys College Secondary
229 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
S N Eoin Naofa Primary
222 pupils · Catholic
Sligo · 8 schools (largest first)
Mercy College Secondary
676 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Ursuline College Secondary
632 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Ballinode College Secondary
246 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Ursula Primary
444 pupils · Catholic
Our Lady Of Mercy N S Primary
437 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Edwards N S Primary
204 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Brendans Ns Primary
185 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Sligo Project School Primary
47 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Creches
3
24
GP practices
0
3
Pharmacies
1
14
Hospitals
0
3
Bus stops
4
83
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
1
19
Parks & playgrounds
1
13
Sports pitches
2
34
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
117m · ~140 rush
122m · ~145 rush
Dublin
160m · ~195 rush
164m · ~200 rush
Limerick
163m · ~180 rush
168m · ~185 rush
Waterford
235m · ~250 rush
239m · ~255 rush
Cork
243m · ~265 rush
247m · ~270 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
1.3
-4
Ballisodare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+1Ballysadare EastAbove average
+2CollooneyAbove average
Sligo · 5 EDs, poorest → richest
-8Sligo EastBelow average
-6Sligo NorthBelow average
-2Sligo WestBelow average
+4KilmacowenAffluent
+6KnockareeAffluent
Third-level educated
43.5%
40.4%
Professional class
41.2%
31.8%
Unemployment
6.8%
11.4%
Owner-occupier
68.4%
50.4%
Private rental
17.2%
30.0%
Social housing (LA)
12.3%
15.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F91 / F91
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallisodareF91, SligoF91); safety & crime are the Sligo/Leitrim Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
71/100
71/100
National rank
#10
#10
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
75/100
75/100
Crime / 1,000
37.3
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.

Ballisodare Above average+1.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballysadare East +1 (least affluent) → Collooney +2 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above the national average.
Sligo Below average-4.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Sligo East -8 (least affluent) → Knockaree +6 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (Sligo/Leitrim) — 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 91 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallisodareSligo
The verdict

Sligo is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Ballisodare’s 2, with 2 level: schools & amenities, public transport and affordability. Ballisodare leads on affluence and education levels.

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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