Town comparison · Ballyduff vs Killarney

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Ballyduff or Killarney?

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.

Ballyduff, Co. Kerry · · 171 people | Killarney, Co. Kerry · V93 · 14,040 people

Killarney is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 6 of the 7 dimensions to Ballyduff’s 1.

Ballyduff leads on
affordability
Killarney leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportsafetyaccess to its nearest city
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Ballyduff aheadlevel or not comparableKillarney ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallyduffKillarney
iBallyduff sits in , Killarney 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.

Ballyduff
Killarney

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.

171
Population
14,040

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€147k
Median sale pricelower is better
€350k
Ballyduff leads
€90k – €180k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€275k – €480k
17
Sales (24m)
447
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+12.8%
N/A
New-build share
14.5%

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 · 0 sec
Schools
7 prim · 3 sec
Killarney leads
Ballyduff · 1 schools (largest first)
Ballyduff National School Primary
108 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Killarney · 10 schools (largest first)
St. Brendan's College Secondary
873 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Brigid's Secondary School Secondary
770 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Killarney Community College Secondary
476 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
St Olivers Ns Primary
622 pupils · Catholic
Holy Cross Primary School Primary
373 pupils · Catholic
Lissivigeen Mxd N S Primary
267 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Faithleann Primary
245 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Mhuire Na Mainistreach Primary
194 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Bhríde Primary
122 pupils · Catholic
Two Mile Community National School Primary
47 pupils · Multi Denominational
2
Creches
12
Killarney leads
N/A
GP practices
3
1
Pharmacies
11
Killarney leads
0
Hospitals
3
Killarney leads
1
Bus stops
9
Killarney leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Killarney leads
0
Gyms & leisure
18
Killarney leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
7
Killarney leads
6
Sports pitches
34
Killarney 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.

1
Restaurants
40
Killarney leads
0
Cafés
24
Killarney leads
3
Pubs & bars
31
Killarney leads
1
Takeaways
15
Killarney leads
0
Nightclubs
2
Killarney leads
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Killarney leads
34
Residents per venuelower is better
123
Ballyduff 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.

0
Supermarkets
10
Killarney leads
2
Convenience shops
15
Killarney leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
5
Killarney leads
1
Banks
6
Killarney leads
0
Post offices
2
Killarney leads
0
Hairdressers
16
Killarney leads
0
Dentists
6
Killarney leads
1
Vets
2
Killarney leads
0
Filling stations
10
Killarney leads
0
EV charging
11
Killarney leads
0
Library & community centre
5
Killarney leads
43
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
160
Ballyduff 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.

119m · ~140 rush
Corklower is better
72m · ~95 rush
Killarney leads
83m · ~100 rush
Limericklower is better
98m · ~115 rush
Ballyduff leads
150m · ~175 rush
Galwaylower is better
168m · ~190 rush
Ballyduff leads
195m · ~210 rush
Waterfordlower is better
165m · ~180 rush
Killarney leads
215m · ~250 rush
Dublinlower is better
226m · ~260 rush
Ballyduff leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-1.1
Killarney leads
Ballyduff · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9BallyduffDisadvantaged
-5BallyduffBelow average
Killarney · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-3Killarney RuralBelow average
-1Killarney UrbanBelow average
-1Killarney RuralBelow average
-1Killarney UrbanBelow average
+4MuckrossAbove average
+7MuckrossAffluent
28.4%
Third-level educated
38.1%
Killarney leads
39.3%
Professional class
30.7%
Ballyduff leads
9.9%
Unemploymentlower is better
9.3%
Killarney leads
78.6%
Owner-occupier
56.0%
Ballyduff leads
9.3%
Private rental
32.6%
6.2%
Social housing (LA)
7.8%

Liveability & safety

AREA · / V93

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Ballyduff, KillarneyV93); safety & crime are the Garda division.

N/A
Quality of Life
70/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area ( / 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.

BallyduffKillarneyOverall (avg)
Safety7072
Affordability89
Infrastructure89
Family78
Education41
Environment82
Economic42
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N/A
National rank
#18
N/A
County rank
#2
N/A
Safety
72/100
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.

Ballyduff Below average-6.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballyduff -8 (least affluent) → Ballyduff -5 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Killarney Below average-1.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Killarney Rural -3 (least affluent) → Muckross +7 (most affluent). It straddles 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 (), 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 55 CSO Small Areas.

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