BuncranaCo. 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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iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area F93 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Buncrana
Carndonagh

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

TOWNS
Buncrana
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop · 24 small areas
Carndonagh
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop 791 · 9 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€175k
€129k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€140k – €282k
€108k – €221k
Sales (24m)
33
12
Price momentum (YoY)
-9.4%
-27.0%
New-build share
6.3%
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
4 prim · 3 sec
3 prim · 1 sec
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
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
14
8
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
2
2
Hospitals
1
1
Bus stops
10
4
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
6
4
Parks & playgrounds
5
2
Sports pitches
18
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.
Dublin
216m · ~250 rush
227m · ~260 rush
Galway
245m · ~270 rush
261m · ~285 rush
Limerick
291m · ~310 rush
308m · ~325 rush
Waterford
322m · ~335 rush
332m · ~345 rush
Cork
370m · ~390 rush
383m · ~405 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.5
-11.3
Buncrana · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Buncrana UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Buncrana RuralBelow average
Carndonagh · 3 EDs, poorest → richest
-16GlentogherDisadvantaged
-10CarndonaghDisadvantaged
-7GleneganonBelow average
Third-level educated
33.4%
27.9%
Professional class
32.0%
27.9%
Unemployment
12.3%
13.2%
Owner-occupier
64.7%
64.5%
Private rental
18.9%
18.6%
Social housing (LA)
13.0%
11.5%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F93 / F93
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BuncranaF93, CarndonaghF93); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
54/100
54/100
National rank
#101
#101
County rank
#3
#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.

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.
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 33 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BuncranaCarndonagh
The verdict

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