Town comparison · Ballyduff vs Tralee

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Ballyduff or Tralee?

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 | Tralee, Co. Kerry · V92 · 25,824 people

Tralee is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Ballyduff’s 2, with 1 level.

Ballyduff leads on
affordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Tralee leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportsafety
91429

Ballyduff aheadlevel or not comparableTralee ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallyduffTralee
iBallyduff sits in , Tralee in V92. 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
Tralee

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
25,824

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€147k
Median sale pricelower is better
€275k
Ballyduff leads
€90k – €180k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€195k – €360k
17
Sales (24m)
597
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
7.4%

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
11 prim · 5 sec
Tralee leads
Ballyduff · 1 schools (largest first)
Ballyduff National School Primary
108 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Tralee · 16 schools (largest first)
Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk Secondary
1,326 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
C.b.s. Secondary School Secondary
799 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Presentation Secondary School Secondary
526 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Secondary
329 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Coláiste Gleann Lí Post Primary School Secondary
308 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Eoin Primary
592 pupils · Catholic
S N Mhuire Na Mbraithre Primary
424 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn Primary
414 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Mhuire Primary
383 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N An Chroi Naofa Primary
348 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Holy Family Primary
283 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Breandan Naofa Primary
209 pupils · Catholic
S N Lios Teilic Primary
190 pupils · Catholic
Naomh Padraig Measc Primary
176 pupils · Catholic
Tralee Educate Together Ns Primary
91 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
St Johns Parochial School Primary
63 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
2
Creches
35
Tralee leads
N/A
GP practices
8
1
Pharmacies
14
Tralee leads
0
Hospitals
3
Tralee leads
1
Bus stops
39
Tralee leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Tralee leads
0
Gyms & leisure
26
Tralee leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
16
Tralee leads
6
Sports pitches
68
Tralee 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
29
Tralee leads
0
Cafés
18
Tralee leads
3
Pubs & bars
29
Tralee leads
1
Takeaways
21
Tralee leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Tralee leads
34
Residents per venuelower is better
261
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
13
Tralee leads
2
Convenience shops
20
Tralee leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
6
Tralee leads
1
Banks
4
Tralee leads
0
Post offices
2
Tralee leads
0
Hairdressers
25
Tralee leads
0
Dentists
10
Tralee leads
1
Vets
2
Tralee leads
0
Filling stations
14
Tralee leads
0
EV charging
11
Tralee leads
0
Library & community centre
8
Tralee leads
43
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
225
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.

83m · ~100 rush
Limericklower is better
90m · ~110 rush
Ballyduff leads
119m · ~140 rush
Corklower is better
100m · ~120 rush
Tralee leads
150m · ~175 rush
Galwaylower is better
160m · ~185 rush
Ballyduff leads
195m · ~210 rush
Waterfordlower is better
190m · ~205 rush
Tralee leads
215m · ~250 rush
Dublinlower is better
220m · ~255 rush
Ballyduff leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.3
Tralee leads
Ballyduff · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9BallyduffDisadvantaged
-5BallyduffBelow average
Tralee · 8 EDs, poorest → richest
-11Tralee UrbanDisadvantaged
-5BallyseedyBelow average
-5Tralee RuralBelow average
-3BallyseedyBelow average
-2RatassBelow average
+0ClogherbrienAbove average
+0RatassAbove average
+3ClogherbrienAbove average
28.4%
Third-level educated
36.9%
Tralee leads
39.3%
Professional class
29.9%
Ballyduff leads
9.9%
Unemploymentlower is better
13.6%
Ballyduff leads
78.6%
Owner-occupier
54.2%
Ballyduff leads
9.3%
Private rental
25.7%
6.2%
Social housing (LA)
15.1%

Liveability & safety

AREA · / V92

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Ballyduff, TraleeV92); safety & crime are the Garda division.

N/A
Quality of Life
66/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area ( / V92) 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.

BallyduffTraleeOverall (avg)
Safety6672
Affordability99
Infrastructure65
Family75
Education40
Environment84
Economic30
020406080100020406080100
N/A
National rank
#35
N/A
County rank
#3
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.
Tralee Below average-6.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tralee Urban -11 (least affluent) → Clogherbrien +3 (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 109 CSO Small Areas.

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