DonegalCo. Donegal vs LiffordCo. 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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iDonegal sits in F94, Lifford in F93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Donegal
Lifford

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

TOWNS
Donegal
Co. DONEGAL · in F94 · pop · 11 small areas
Lifford
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop · 7 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€245k
€93k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€174k – €357k
€86k – €115k
Sales (24m)
32
10
Price momentum (YoY)
+111.8%
+33.5%
New-build share
46.3%
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
3 prim · 1 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Donegal · 4 schools (largest first)
Abbey Vocational School Secondary
999 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
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
Lifford · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál Primary
120 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
7
3
GP practices
2
0
Pharmacies
3
1
Hospitals
1
1
Bus stops
3
2
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
2
1
Parks & playgrounds
2
0
Sports pitches
9
3
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
186m · ~220 rush
174m · ~210 rush
Galway
177m · ~200 rush
217m · ~240 rush
Limerick
223m · ~240 rush
263m · ~280 rush
Waterford
283m · ~295 rush
279m · ~295 rush
Cork
303m · ~325 rush
329m · ~350 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.8
-17.3
Donegal · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-3DonegalBelow average
Lifford · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-17Clonleigh SouthVery disadvantaged
Third-level educated
39.4%
22.2%
Professional class
37.9%
23.8%
Unemployment
8.5%
19.6%
Owner-occupier
70.6%
63.7%
Private rental
17.8%
15.4%
Social housing (LA)
9.2%
15.3%
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 (DonegalF94, LiffordF93); 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.

Donegal Below average-2.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Donegal) — below the national average.
Lifford Very disadvantaged-17.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Clonleigh South) — 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 18 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DonegalLifford
The verdict

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