LiffordCo. Donegal vs NewtowncunninghamCo. 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.
Lifford
Newtowncunningham

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

TOWNS
Lifford
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop 1,613 · 7 small areas
Newtowncunningham
Co. DONEGAL · in F93 · pop 1,050 · 4 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€160k
€186k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€100k – €235k
€145k – €258k
Sales (24m)
134
17
Price momentum (YoY)
-5.8%
-3.1%
New-build share
0.0%
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
1 prim · 0 sec
1 prim · 0 sec
Lifford · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Náisiúnta Muire Gan Smál Primary
120 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Newtowncunningham · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Cholmcille Primary
210 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Creches
3
2
GP practices
0
0
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
1
0
Bus stops
2
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.
Dublin
174m · ~210 rush
195m · ~230 rush
Galway
217m · ~240 rush
223m · ~245 rush
Limerick
263m · ~280 rush
269m · ~285 rush
Waterford
279m · ~295 rush
301m · ~315 rush
Cork
329m · ~350 rush
349m · ~370 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-18.2
-6.6
Lifford · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-19Clonleigh SouthVery disadvantaged
-17Clonleigh SouthVery disadvantaged
Newtowncunningham · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Newtown CunninghamDisadvantaged
-6CastleforwardBelow average
Third-level educated
20.2%
31.5%
Professional class
21.8%
36.0%
Unemployment
25.4%
10.0%
Owner-occupier
63.7%
74.3%
Private rental
17.7%
9.9%
Social housing (LA)
14.3%
11.1%
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 (LiffordF93, NewtowncunninghamF93); safety & crime are the Donegal Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
54/100
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.

LiffordNewtowncunninghamOverall (avg)
Safety54715471
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2222
Family8080
Education1717
Environment6969
Economic1919
020406080100020406080100
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.

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.
Newtowncunningham Below average-6.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Newtown Cunningham -10 (least affluent) → Castleforward -5 (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 11 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
LiffordNewtowncunningham
The verdict

Newtowncunningham is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Lifford’s 0, with 5 level: affluence and education levels. 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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