Ballybofey-StranorlarCo. Donegal vs BallyshannonCo. 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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iBallybofey-Stranorlar sits in F93, Ballyshannon in F94. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ballybofey-Stranorlar
Ballyshannon

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

TOWNS
Ballybofey-Stranorlar
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop 1,160 · 23 small areas
Ballyshannon
Co. DONEGAL · in F94 · pop · 7 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€255k
€150k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€205k – €282k
€100k – €235k
Sales (24m)
45
89
Price momentum (YoY)
+39.0%
-99.7%
New-build share
17.2%
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 · 2 sec
2 prim · 1 sec
Ballybofey-Stranorlar · 4 schools (largest first)
St Columbas College Secondary
949 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Finn Valley College Secondary
424 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Seiseadh Ui Neill Primary
190 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Robertson N S Primary
90 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
Ballyshannon · 3 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Cholmcille Secondary
700 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona Primary
82 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Eirne Primary
28 pupils · Inter DenominationalDEIS
Creches
5
0
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
1
1
Bus stops
8
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
7
1
Parks & playgrounds
5
1
Sports pitches
14
2
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
196m · ~220 rush
160m · ~185 rush
Dublin
185m · ~220 rush
169m · ~205 rush
Limerick
242m · ~260 rush
206m · ~225 rush
Waterford
290m · ~305 rush
265m · ~280 rush
Cork
321m · ~345 rush
285m · ~305 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.2
-10.4
Ballybofey-Stranorlar · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-9StranorlarDisadvantaged
-7KnockBelow average
-2DooishBelow average
Ballyshannon · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12Ballyshannon UrbanDisadvantaged
-1Ballyshannon RuralBelow average
Third-level educated
32.4%
29.5%
Professional class
33.3%
30.7%
Unemployment
12.2%
14.2%
Owner-occupier
68.5%
65.1%
Private rental
15.1%
20.7%
Social housing (LA)
13.0%
9.6%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F93 / F94
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Ballybofey-StranorlarF93, BallyshannonF94); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
54/100
57/100
National rank
#101
#93
County rank
#3
#2
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.

Ballybofey-Stranorlar Disadvantaged-8.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Stranorlar -9 (least affluent) → Dooish -2 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Ballyshannon Disadvantaged-10.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballyshannon Urban -12 (least affluent) → Ballyshannon Rural -1 (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 30 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Ballybofey-StranorlarBallyshannon
The verdict

Ballybofey-Stranorlar is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Ballyshannon’s 0, with 3 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and public transport. Ballyshannon 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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