Town comparison · Boherlahan vs Roscrea

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Boherlahan or Roscrea?

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.

Boherlahan, Co. South Tipperary · E25 · 171 people | Roscrea, Co. North Tipperary · E53 · 5,139 people

Roscrea is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Boherlahan’s 2, with 1 level.

Boherlahan leads on
affluenceeducation levels
Roscrea leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
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Boherlahan aheadlevel or not comparableRoscrea ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BoherlahanRoscrea
iBoherlahan sits in E25, Roscrea in E53. 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.

Boherlahan
Roscrea

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.

171
Population
5,139

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€288k
Median sale pricelower is better
€233k
Roscrea leads
€189k – €310k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€164k – €287k
12
Sales (24m)
192
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
19.8%

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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
4 prim · 1 sec
Roscrea leads
Boherlahan · 1 schools (largest first)
San Isadoir Primary
116 pupils · Catholic
Roscrea · 5 schools (largest first)
Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré Secondary
595 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Iosef Naofa Primary
299 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Sacred Heart Primary School Primary
173 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Johns Primary
163 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Roscrea N S No 2 Primary
28 pupils · Church Of Ireland
1
Creches
6
Roscrea leads
N/A
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
5
Roscrea leads
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
6
Roscrea leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Roscrea leads
1
Gyms & leisure
8
Roscrea leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
5
Roscrea leads
6
Sports pitches
18
Roscrea 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.

0
Restaurants
5
Roscrea leads
0
Cafés
3
Roscrea leads
0
Pubs & bars
15
Roscrea leads
0
Takeaways
13
Roscrea leads
0
Nightclubs
1
Roscrea leads
0
Cinema & theatre
0
N/A
Residents per venue
139

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
5
Roscrea leads
1
Convenience shops
6
Roscrea leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
Roscrea leads
0
Banks
4
Roscrea leads
0
Post offices
1
Roscrea leads
0
Hairdressers
10
Roscrea leads
0
Dentists
4
Roscrea leads
0
Vets
4
Roscrea leads
1
Filling stations
5
Roscrea leads
0
EV charging
3
Roscrea leads
1
Library & community centre
3
Roscrea leads
57
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
105
Boherlahan 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.

67m · ~85 rush
Limericklower is better
53m · ~70 rush
Roscrea leads
76m · ~100 rush
Corklower is better
115m · ~135 rush
Boherlahan leads
79m · ~95 rush
Waterfordlower is better
95m · ~110 rush
Boherlahan leads
121m · ~155 rush
Dublinlower is better
98m · ~135 rush
Roscrea leads
138m · ~160 rush
Galwaylower is better
98m · ~120 rush
Roscrea leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-5.6
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-12.1
Boherlahan leads
Boherlahan · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10ArdmayleDisadvantaged
-1ArdmayleBelow average
Roscrea · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-13RoscreaDisadvantaged
-11RoscreaDisadvantaged
28.3%
Third-level educated
21.5%
Boherlahan leads
36.2%
Professional class
22.8%
Boherlahan leads
10.9%
Unemploymentlower is better
16.3%
Boherlahan leads
78.4%
Owner-occupier
60.0%
Boherlahan leads
3.6%
Private rental
20.6%
11.7%
Social housing (LA)
15.6%

Liveability & safety

AREA · E25 / E53

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Boherlahan → E25, Roscrea → E53); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

61/100
Quality of Life
55/100
Boherlahan leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (E25 / E53) 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.

BoherlahanRoscreaOverall (avg)
Safety61535553
Affordability100100
Infrastructure3948
Family7879
Education6032
Environment6555
Economic3120
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#14
National ranklower is better
#25
Boherlahan leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#3
Boherlahan leads
53/100
Safety
53/100
57.8
Crime / 1,000
57.8

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.

Boherlahan Below average-5.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ardmayle -10 (least affluent) → Ardmayle -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Roscrea Disadvantaged-12.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Roscrea -13 (least affluent) → Roscrea -11 (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 (Tipperary), 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 22 CSO Small Areas.

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