Ballybofey-StranorlarCo. Donegal vs BundoranCo. 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, Bundoran in F94. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ballybofey-Stranorlar
Bundoran

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
Bundoran
Co. DONEGAL · in F94 · pop · 11 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€255k
€200k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€205k – €282k
€177k – €228k
Sales (24m)
45
39
Price momentum (YoY)
+39.0%
+7.2%
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
1 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
Bundoran · 2 schools (largest first)
Magh Ene College Secondary
354 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
St Macartans Central Primary
282 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
5
0
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
8
5
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
7
2
Parks & playgrounds
5
2
Sports pitches
14
7
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
154m · ~180 rush
Dublin
185m · ~220 rush
175m · ~210 rush
Limerick
242m · ~260 rush
200m · ~220 rush
Waterford
290m · ~305 rush
271m · ~285 rush
Cork
321m · ~345 rush
280m · ~300 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.2
-5.8
Ballybofey-Stranorlar · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-9StranorlarDisadvantaged
-7KnockBelow average
-2DooishBelow average
Bundoran · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Bundoran UrbanBelow average
0Bundoran RuralBelow average
Third-level educated
32.4%
34.8%
Professional class
33.3%
29.5%
Unemployment
12.2%
14.6%
Owner-occupier
68.5%
55.9%
Private rental
15.1%
25.5%
Social housing (LA)
13.0%
13.1%
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, BundoranF94); 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.
Bundoran Below average-5.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Bundoran Urban -7 (least affluent) → Bundoran Rural 0 (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 34 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Ballybofey-StranorlarBundoran
The verdict

Ballybofey-Stranorlar and Bundoran are closely matched — each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level. Ballybofey-Stranorlar is ahead on schools & amenities and public transport; Bundoran 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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