BallyshannonCo. Donegal vs CarndonaghCo. 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, Carndonagh in F93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Ballyshannon
Carndonagh

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
Carndonagh
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop 791 · 9 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€150k
€145k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€100k – €235k
€118k – €220k
Sales (24m)
89
55
Price momentum (YoY)
-99.7%
-27.0%
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
2 prim · 1 sec
3 prim · 1 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
Carndonagh · 4 schools (largest first)
Carndonagh Community School Secondary
1,142 pupils · 50% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Naomh Padraig Primary
149 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndomhnach Primary
136 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Donaigh Primary
32 pupils · Church Of IrelandDEIS
Creches
0
8
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
0
2
Hospitals
1
1
Bus stops
2
4
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
4
Parks & playgrounds
1
2
Sports pitches
2
11
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
261m · ~285 rush
Dublin
169m · ~205 rush
227m · ~260 rush
Limerick
206m · ~225 rush
308m · ~325 rush
Waterford
265m · ~280 rush
332m · ~345 rush
Cork
285m · ~305 rush
383m · ~405 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-10.4
-11.3
Ballyshannon · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12Ballyshannon UrbanDisadvantaged
-1Ballyshannon RuralBelow average
Carndonagh · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-16GlentogherDisadvantaged
-10CarndonaghDisadvantaged
-7GleneganonBelow average
Third-level educated
29.5%
27.9%
Professional class
30.7%
27.9%
Unemployment
14.2%
13.2%
Owner-occupier
65.1%
64.5%
Private rental
20.7%
18.6%
Social housing (LA)
9.6%
11.5%
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, CarndonaghF93); 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.
Carndonagh Disadvantaged-11.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Glentogher -16 (least affluent) → Gleneganon -7 (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 16 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BallyshannonCarndonagh
The verdict

Ballyshannon and Carndonagh are closely matched — each leads on 1 of the 7 dimensions, with 5 level. Ballyshannon is ahead on education levels; Carndonagh on schools & amenities.

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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