Ballybofey-StranorlarCo. Donegal vs DunfanaghyCo. 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, Dunfanaghy in F92. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ballybofey-Stranorlar
Dunfanaghy

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
Dunfanaghy
Co. DONEGAL · in F92 · pop · 1 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€255k
€288k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€205k – €282k
€209k – €420k
Sales (24m)
45
12
Price momentum (YoY)
+39.0%
+18.8%
New-build share
17.2%
55.6%
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 · 0 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
Dunfanaghy · 2 schools (largest first)
S N Na Croise Naofa Primary
30 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Dunfanaghy N S Primary
27 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
Creches
5
1
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
1
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
8
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
7
0
Parks & playgrounds
5
2
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.
Dublin
185m · ~220 rush
225m · ~260 rush
Galway
196m · ~220 rush
247m · ~270 rush
Limerick
242m · ~260 rush
293m · ~310 rush
Waterford
290m · ~305 rush
331m · ~345 rush
Cork
321m · ~345 rush
372m · ~395 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.2
-4.1
Ballybofey-Stranorlar · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-9StranorlarDisadvantaged
-7KnockBelow average
-2DooishBelow average
Dunfanaghy · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-4DunfanaghyBelow average
Third-level educated
32.4%
36.4%
Professional class
33.3%
37.1%
Unemployment
12.2%
8.0%
Owner-occupier
68.5%
78.0%
Private rental
15.1%
10.5%
Social housing (LA)
13.0%
7.3%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F93 / F92
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Ballybofey-StranorlarF93, DunfanaghyF92); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
54/100
59/100
National rank
#101
#85
County rank
#3
#1
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.
Dunfanaghy Below average-4.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Dunfanaghy) — 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 24 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Ballybofey-StranorlarDunfanaghy
The verdict

Ballybofey-Stranorlar is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Dunfanaghy’s 2, with 2 level: schools & amenities, public transport and affordability. Dunfanaghy 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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