BuncranaCo. Donegal vs MilfordCo. 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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iBuncrana sits in F93, Milford in F92. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Buncrana
Milford

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

TOWNS
Buncrana
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop 6,029 · 24 small areas
Milford
Co. DONEGAL · in F92 · pop 1,076 · 4 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€190k
€148k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€138k – €254k
€90k – €250k
Sales (24m)
100
29
Price momentum (YoY)
+13.6%
+22.8%
New-build share
8.9%
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
1 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
Milford · 2 schools (largest first)
Mulroy College Secondary
628 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Mhuire Primary
219 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
14
2
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
2
0
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
10
3
Rail / Luas stops
0
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.
Limerick
291m · ~310 rush
48m · ~65 rush
Cork
370m · ~390 rush
64m · ~85 rush
Galway
245m · ~270 rush
118m · ~140 rush
Waterford
322m · ~335 rush
130m · ~145 rush
Dublin
216m · ~250 rush
178m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-9.5
-9.5
Buncrana · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-13Buncrana UrbanDisadvantaged
-10Buncrana RuralDisadvantaged
-9Buncrana UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Buncrana RuralBelow average
Milford · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11MillfordDisadvantaged
-8MillfordBelow average
Third-level educated
31.1%
31.1%
Professional class
29.7%
33.3%
Unemployment
16.9%
17.7%
Owner-occupier
64.7%
71.6%
Private rental
18.8%
11.7%
Social housing (LA)
13.2%
14.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F93 / F92
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BuncranaF93, MilfordF92); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
54/100
59/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F93 / F92) 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.

BuncranaMilfordOverall (avg)
Safety54715971
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2227
Family8075
Education1731
Environment6977
Economic1929
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#101
#85
County rank
#3
#1
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 Disadvantaged-9.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Buncrana Urban -13 (least affluent) → Buncrana Rural -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Milford Disadvantaged-9.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Millford -11 (least affluent) → Millford -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 28 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BuncranaMilford
The verdict

Buncrana is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Milford’s 1, with 4 level: schools & amenities and public transport. Milford leads on access to its nearest city.

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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