Town comparison · Ballybunion vs Killorglin

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Ballybunion or Killorglin?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Ballybunion, Co. Kerry · V31 · 1,144 people | Killorglin, Co. Kerry · V93 · 2,163 people

Ballybunion and Killorglin are closely matched. Each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level.

Ballybunion leads on
affordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Killorglin leads on
affluenceschools & amenities
151720

Ballybunion aheadlevel or not comparableKillorglin ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallybunionKillorglin
iBallybunion sits in V31, Killorglin in V93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

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

Ballybunion
Killorglin

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

1,144
Population
2,163

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€272k
Median sale pricelower is better
€283k
Ballybunion leads
€210k – €390k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€190k – €368k
37
Sales (24m)
90
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
10.8%
New-build share
8.9%

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

1 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 2 sec
Killorglin leads
Ballybunion · 2 schools (largest first)
St. Joseph's Secondary School Secondary
360 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Íosagáin Primary
204 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Killorglin · 3 schools (largest first)
The Intermediate School Secondary
623 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Community College Killorglin Secondary
288 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Mhuire B Primary
362 pupils · Catholic
2
Creches
2
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
1
Killorglin leads
0
Hospitals
0
4
Bus stops
1
Ballybunion leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
8
Killorglin leads
3
Parks & playgrounds
2
Ballybunion leads
5
Sports pitches
8
Killorglin leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

2
Restaurants
10
Killorglin leads
1
Cafés
4
Killorglin leads
11
Pubs & bars
5
Ballybunion leads
1
Takeaways
1
0
Nightclubs
0
1
Cinema & theatre
0
Ballybunion leads
72
Residents per venuelower is better
108
Ballybunion leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

1
Supermarkets
4
Killorglin leads
2
Convenience shops
1
Ballybunion leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
3
Killorglin leads
1
Banks
3
Killorglin leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
3
Killorglin leads
0
Dentists
2
Killorglin leads
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
3
Killorglin leads
0
EV charging
1
Killorglin leads
2
Library & community centre
4
Killorglin leads
143
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
87
Killorglin leads

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.

79m · ~95 rush
Limericklower is better
108m · ~125 rush
Ballybunion leads
130m · ~150 rush
Corklower is better
92m · ~115 rush
Killorglin leads
147m · ~170 rush
Galwaylower is better
177m · ~200 rush
Ballybunion leads
192m · ~205 rush
Waterfordlower is better
186m · ~200 rush
Killorglin leads
212m · ~245 rush
Dublinlower is better
237m · ~270 rush
Ballybunion leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-7.7
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.8
Killorglin leads
Ballybunion · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9KillehennyDisadvantaged
-6KillehennyBelow average
Killorglin · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6KillorglinBelow average
-3KillorglinBelow average
33.0%
Third-level educated
32.8%
Ballybunion leads
33.1%
Professional class
32.4%
Ballybunion leads
15.7%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.1%
Killorglin leads
65.9%
Owner-occupier
66.4%
Killorglin leads
12.0%
Private rental
18.0%
15.0%
Social housing (LA)
11.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V31 / V93

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallybunionV31, KillorglinV93); safety & crime are the Kerry Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

71/100
Quality of Life
70/100
Ballybunion leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V31 / V93) from official data — Garda crime, CSO income & census, OPW flood, EPA water, and transport/healthcare/broadband coverage. Refreshed quarterly. The dashed line is each town’s overall score (that average) — dimensions to its right beat the average, to its left fall short. Two towns can share a score with a very different mix.

BallybunionKillorglinOverall (avg)
Safety71727072
Affordability10089
Infrastructure8989
Family7278
Education2941
Environment8282
Economic5242
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#10
National ranklower is better
#18
Ballybunion leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Ballybunion leads
72/100
Safety
72/100
42.6
Crime / 1,000
42.6

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.

Ballybunion Below average-7.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Killehenny -9 (least affluent) → Killehenny -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Killorglin Below average-4.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Killorglin -6 (least affluent) → Killorglin -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and 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.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (Kerry), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 16 CSO Small Areas.

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