Ballybofey-StranorlarCo. Donegal vs BuncranaCo. 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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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area F93 — 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.
Ballybofey-Stranorlar
Buncrana

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
Buncrana
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop · 24 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€255k
€175k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€205k – €282k
€140k – €282k
Sales (24m)
45
33
Price momentum (YoY)
+39.0%
-9.4%
New-build share
17.2%
6.3%
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
4 prim · 3 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
Buncrana · 7 schools (largest first)
Scoil Mhuire Secondary School Secondary
875 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Crana College Secondary
604 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Coláiste Eoghain Secondary
17 pupils · 55% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Iosagain Primary
790 pupils · Catholic
St Orans N S Primary
232 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha Primary
69 pupils · Inter Denominational
St. Mura's National School Primary
30 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
5
14
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
2
Hospitals
1
1
Bus stops
8
10
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
7
6
Parks & playgrounds
5
5
Sports pitches
14
18
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.
Dublin
185m · ~220 rush
216m · ~250 rush
Galway
196m · ~220 rush
245m · ~270 rush
Limerick
242m · ~260 rush
291m · ~310 rush
Waterford
290m · ~305 rush
322m · ~335 rush
Cork
321m · ~345 rush
370m · ~390 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.2
-7.5
Ballybofey-Stranorlar · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-9StranorlarDisadvantaged
-7KnockBelow average
-2DooishBelow average
Buncrana · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Buncrana UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Buncrana RuralBelow average
Third-level educated
32.4%
33.4%
Professional class
33.3%
32.0%
Unemployment
12.2%
12.3%
Owner-occupier
68.5%
64.7%
Private rental
15.1%
18.9%
Social housing (LA)
13.0%
13.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F93 / F93
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Ballybofey-StranorlarF93, BuncranaF93); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
54/100
54/100
National rank
#101
#101
County rank
#3
#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.

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.
Buncrana Below average-7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Buncrana Urban -9 (least affluent) → Buncrana Rural -6 (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 47 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Ballybofey-StranorlarBuncrana
The verdict

Buncrana is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Ballybofey-Stranorlar’s 0, with 5 level: schools & amenities and public transport. Ballybofey-Stranorlar 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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