BallyshannonCo. Donegal vs BuncranaCo. 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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iBallyshannon sits in F94, Buncrana in F93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ballyshannon
Buncrana

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

TOWNS
Ballyshannon
Co. DONEGAL · in F94 · pop · 7 small areas
Buncrana
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop · 24 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€150k
€190k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€100k – €235k
€133k – €247k
Sales (24m)
89
96
Price momentum (YoY)
-99.7%
-9.4%
New-build share
0.0%
6.3%
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 · 1 sec
4 prim · 3 sec
Ballyshannon · 3 schools (largest first)
Coláiste Cholmcille Secondary
700 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Naomh Chaitriona Primary
82 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Eirne Primary
28 pupils · Inter DenominationalDEIS
Buncrana · 7 schools (largest first)
Scoil Mhuire Secondary School Secondary
875 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Crana College Secondary
604 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Coláiste Eoghain Secondary
17 pupils · 55% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Iosagain Primary
790 pupils · Catholic
St Orans N S Primary
232 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha Primary
69 pupils · Inter Denominational
St. Mura's National School Primary
30 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Creches
0
14
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
0
2
Hospitals
1
1
Bus stops
2
10
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
6
Parks & playgrounds
1
5
Sports pitches
2
18
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
160m · ~185 rush
245m · ~270 rush
Dublin
169m · ~205 rush
216m · ~250 rush
Limerick
206m · ~225 rush
291m · ~310 rush
Waterford
265m · ~280 rush
322m · ~335 rush
Cork
285m · ~305 rush
370m · ~390 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10.4
-7.5
Ballyshannon · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12Ballyshannon UrbanDisadvantaged
-1Ballyshannon RuralBelow average
Buncrana · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Buncrana UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Buncrana RuralBelow average
Third-level educated
29.5%
33.4%
Professional class
30.7%
32.0%
Unemployment
14.2%
12.3%
Owner-occupier
65.1%
64.7%
Private rental
20.7%
18.9%
Social housing (LA)
9.6%
13.0%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F94 / F93
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BallyshannonF94, BuncranaF93); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
57/100
54/100
National rank
#93
#101
County rank
#2
#3
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.

Ballyshannon Disadvantaged-10.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ballyshannon Urban -12 (least affluent) → Ballyshannon Rural -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Buncrana Below average-7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Buncrana Urban -9 (least affluent) → Buncrana Rural -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is 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 31 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallyshannonBuncrana
The verdict

Buncrana is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Ballyshannon’s 0, with 3 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities and public transport. Ballyshannon 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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