Town comparison · Bun Na Leaca vs Donegal

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Bun Na Leaca or Donegal?

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.

Bun Na Leaca, Co. Donegal · F92 · 569 people | Donegal, Co. Donegal · F94 · 3,000 people

Donegal is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Bun Na Leaca’s 0, with 4 level.

Donegal leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenities
41434

Bun Na Leaca aheadlevel or not comparableDonegal ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Bun Na LeacaDonegal
iBun Na Leaca sits in F92, Donegal in F94. 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.

Bun Na Leaca
Donegal

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.

569
Population
3,000

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€207k
Median sale pricelower is better
€189k
Donegal leads
€140k – €234k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€125k – €270k
5
Sales (24m)
1,549
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
5.4%

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.

0 prim · 0 sec
Schools
4 prim · 1 sec
Donegal leads
Bun Na Leaca · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Donegal · 5 schools (largest first)
Abbey Vocational School Secondary
999 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil An Linbh Íosa Primary
266 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Aodh Rua&nuala Primary
235 pupils · Catholic
Glebe Ns Primary
121 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Gaelscoil Na Gceithre Maistri Primary
54 pupils · Inter Denominational
1
Creches
11
Donegal leads
N/A
GP practices
2
0
Pharmacies
3
Donegal leads
0
Hospitals
1
Donegal leads
1
Bus stops
3
Donegal leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
2
Donegal leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
2
Donegal leads
0
Sports pitches
12
Donegal 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.

0
Restaurants
13
Donegal leads
0
Cafés
4
Donegal leads
1
Pubs & bars
14
Donegal leads
0
Takeaways
6
Donegal leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
569
Residents per venuelower is better
81
Donegal 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
3
Donegal leads
0
Convenience shops
4
Donegal leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
2
Donegal leads
0
Banks
5
Donegal leads
0
Post offices
1
Donegal leads
0
Hairdressers
4
Donegal leads
0
Dentists
1
Donegal leads
0
Vets
2
Donegal leads
0
Filling stations
4
Donegal leads
0
EV charging
4
Donegal leads
0
Library & community centre
4
Donegal leads
N/A
Residents per shop or service
88

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.

251m · ~275 rush
Galwaylower is better
177m · ~200 rush
Donegal leads
245m · ~280 rush
Dublinlower is better
186m · ~220 rush
Donegal leads
297m · ~315 rush
Limericklower is better
223m · ~240 rush
Donegal leads
351m · ~365 rush
Waterfordlower is better
283m · ~295 rush
Donegal leads
377m · ~400 rush
Corklower is better
303m · ~325 rush
Donegal leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-14.4
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.2
Donegal leads
Bun Na Leaca · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-19MeenacladyVery disadvantaged
-10MeenacladyDisadvantaged
Donegal · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6DonegalBelow average
-3DonegalBelow average
28.4%
Third-level educated
36.1%
Donegal leads
27.8%
Professional class
36.0%
Donegal leads
25.8%
Unemploymentlower is better
10.5%
Donegal leads
85.5%
Owner-occupier
70.6%
Bun Na Leaca leads
6.4%
Private rental
18.6%
3.0%
Social housing (LA)
9.0%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F92 / F94

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Bun Na LeacaF92, DonegalF94); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

59/100
Quality of Life
57/100
Bun Na Leaca leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F92 / F94) 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.

Bun Na LeacaDonegalOverall (avg)
Safety59715771
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2722
Family7583
Education3120
Environment7774
Economic2928
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#85
National ranklower is better
#93
Bun Na Leaca leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Bun Na Leaca leads
71/100
Safety
71/100
44.8
Crime / 1,000
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.

Bun Na Leaca Disadvantaged-14.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Meenaclady -19 (least affluent) → Meenaclady -10 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Donegal Below average-4.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Donegal -6 (least affluent) → Donegal -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below 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 (Donegal), 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 14 CSO Small Areas.

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