BallymoteCo. Sligo vs RiverstownCo. SligoTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iBallymote sits in F56, Riverstown in F52. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ballymote
Riverstown

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

TOWNS
Ballymote
Co. SLIGO · in F56 · pop 2,004 · 8 small areas
Riverstown
Co. SLIGO · in F52 · pop 394 · 2 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€180k
€240k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€120k – €238k
€169k – €294k
Sales (24m)
108
30
Price momentum (YoY)
-17.0%
+35.3%
New-build share
0.0%
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
0 prim · 1 sec
2 prim · 0 sec
Ballymote · 1 schools (largest first)
Corran College Secondary
134 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Riverstown · 2 schools (largest first)
Ardkeerin N S Primary
118 pupils · Catholic
Taunagh National School Primary
36 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
2
1
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
3
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
0
Gyms & leisure
0
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
0
0
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
109m · ~135 rush
126m · ~150 rush
Limerick
156m · ~175 rush
172m · ~190 rush
Dublin
157m · ~190 rush
157m · ~190 rush
Waterford
227m · ~240 rush
231m · ~245 rush
Cork
235m · ~255 rush
252m · ~275 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.9
-9.7
Ballymote · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12BallymoteDisadvantaged
-4BallymoteBelow average
Riverstown · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-10RiverstownDisadvantaged
Third-level educated
31.3%
31.9%
Professional class
31.1%
27.6%
Unemployment
14.5%
11.1%
Owner-occupier
64.4%
85.6%
Private rental
19.4%
6.7%
Social housing (LA)
11.6%
0.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F56 / F52
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallymoteF56, RiverstownF52); safety & crime are the Sligo/Leitrim Garda division.
Quality of Life
71/100
75/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F56 / F52) 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.

BallymoteRiverstownOverall (avg)
Safety71757577
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8889
Family8690
Education2252
Environment8274
Economic4343
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#9
#1
County rank
#1
#1
Safety
75/100
77/100
Crime / 1,000
37.3
35

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.

Ballymote Below average-7.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballymote -12 (least affluent) → Ballymote -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Riverstown Disadvantaged-9.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Riverstown) — 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 (Sligo/Leitrim) — 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 10 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallymoteRiverstown
The verdict

Ballymote is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 1 of the 7 dimensions to Riverstown’s 0, with 6 level: affluence. Riverstown doesn’t lead on any.

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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