Town comparison · Burnfoot vs Lifford

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Burnfoot or Lifford?

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.

Burnfoot, Co. Donegal · F93 · 413 people | Lifford, Co. Donegal · F93 · 1,613 people

Burnfoot is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Lifford’s 0, with 5 level.

Burnfoot leads on
affluenceeducation levels
82519

Burnfoot aheadlevel or not comparableLifford ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BurnfootLifford
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. 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.

Burnfoot
Lifford

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.

413
Population
1,613

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€190k
Median sale pricelower is better
€160k
Lifford leads
€100k – €265k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€112k – €240k
17
Sales (24m)
137
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
0.0%

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
2 prim · 0 sec
Lifford leads
Burnfoot · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
Lifford · 2 schools (largest first)
St Patricks N S Primary
160 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál Primary
120 pupils · CatholicDEIS
0
Creches
3
Lifford leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
1
Lifford leads
0
Hospitals
1
Lifford leads
4
Bus stops
4
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
Lifford leads
0
Parks & playgrounds
0
0
Sports pitches
5
Lifford 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.

1
Restaurants
1
0
Cafés
1
Lifford leads
2
Pubs & bars
0
Burnfoot leads
1
Takeaways
0
Burnfoot leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Lifford leads
103
Residents per venuelower is better
538
Burnfoot 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
0
1
Convenience shops
5
Lifford leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
0
0
Hairdressers
0
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
3
Lifford leads
0
EV charging
1
Lifford leads
0
Library & community centre
1
Lifford leads
207
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
161
Lifford leads

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.

203m · ~240 rush
Dublinlower is better
174m · ~210 rush
Lifford leads
231m · ~255 rush
Galwaylower is better
217m · ~240 rush
Lifford leads
277m · ~295 rush
Limericklower is better
263m · ~280 rush
Lifford leads
308m · ~320 rush
Waterfordlower is better
279m · ~295 rush
Lifford leads
357m · ~380 rush
Corklower is better
329m · ~350 rush
Lifford leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-18.2
Burnfoot leads
Burnfoot · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7BirdstownBelow average
-5BirdstownBelow average
Lifford · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-19Clonleigh SouthVery disadvantaged
-17Clonleigh SouthVery disadvantaged
34.1%
Third-level educated
20.2%
Burnfoot leads
33.7%
Professional class
21.8%
Burnfoot leads
11.9%
Unemploymentlower is better
25.4%
Burnfoot leads
81.3%
Owner-occupier
63.7%
Burnfoot leads
11.8%
Private rental
17.7%
3.8%
Social housing (LA)
14.3%

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 (BurnfootF93, LiffordF93); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

54/100
Quality of Life
54/100

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

BurnfootLiffordOverall (avg)
Safety54715471
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2222
Family8080
Education1717
Environment6969
Economic1919
020406080100020406080100
#101
National rank
#101
#3
County rank
#3
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.

Burnfoot Below average-6.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Birdstown -7 (least affluent) → Birdstown -5 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Lifford Very disadvantaged-18.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Clonleigh South -19 (least affluent) → Clonleigh South -17 (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 9 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Burnfoot

The stronger town on the data.

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