DonegalCo. 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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iDonegal sits in F94, Milford in F92. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Donegal
Milford

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

TOWNS
Donegal
Co. DONEGAL · in F94 · pop 3,000 · 11 small areas
Milford
Co. DONEGAL · in F92 · pop 1,076 · 4 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€185k
€148k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€125k – €268k
€90k – €250k
Sales (24m)
1,543
29
Price momentum (YoY)
+24.3%
+22.8%
New-build share
28.2%
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 · 1 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
Milford · 2 schools (largest first)
Mulroy College Secondary
628 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Mhuire Primary
219 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
7
2
GP practices
2
0
Pharmacies
3
0
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
3
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
223m · ~240 rush
48m · ~65 rush
Cork
303m · ~325 rush
64m · ~85 rush
Galway
177m · ~200 rush
118m · ~140 rush
Waterford
283m · ~295 rush
130m · ~145 rush
Dublin
186m · ~220 rush
178m · ~215 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.2
-9.5
Donegal · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6DonegalBelow average
-3DonegalBelow average
Milford · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-11MillfordDisadvantaged
-8MillfordBelow average
Third-level educated
36.1%
31.1%
Professional class
36.0%
33.3%
Unemployment
10.5%
17.7%
Owner-occupier
70.6%
71.6%
Private rental
18.6%
11.7%
Social housing (LA)
9.0%
14.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F94 / F92
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (DonegalF94, MilfordF92); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
57/100
59/100

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

DonegalMilfordOverall (avg)
Safety57715971
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2227
Family8375
Education2031
Environment7477
Economic2829
020406080100020406080100
National rank
#93
#85
County rank
#2
#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.

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.
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 15 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
DonegalMilford
The verdict

Donegal is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Milford’s 1, with 4 level: affluence and education levels. 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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