BoyleCo. Roscommon vs ElphinCo. RoscommonTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iBoyle sits in F52, Elphin in F45. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Boyle
Elphin

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

TOWNS
Boyle
Co. ROSCOMMON · in F52 · pop · 13 small areas
Elphin
Co. ROSCOMMON · in F45 · pop 1,786 · 2 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€205k
€128k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€181k – €380k
€71k – €198k
Sales (24m)
11
4
Price momentum (YoY)
-4.2%
+18.5%
New-build share
16.7%
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
0 prim · 1 sec
Boyle · 1 schools (largest first)
Abbey Primary School Primary
418 pupils · Catholic
Elphin · 1 schools (largest first)
Elphin Community College Secondary
193 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Creches
3
0
GP practices
2
0
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
0
0
Bus stops
2
5
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
4
0
Parks & playgrounds
2
1
Sports pitches
5
1
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.
Galway
105m · ~130 rush
99m · ~125 rush
Dublin
136m · ~170 rush
124m · ~160 rush
Limerick
151m · ~170 rush
144m · ~160 rush
Waterford
208m · ~220 rush
192m · ~205 rush
Cork
230m · ~250 rush
219m · ~240 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.7
-7.4
Boyle · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-13Boyle UrbanDisadvantaged
-3Boyle RuralBelow average
Elphin · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-7ElphinBelow average
Third-level educated
32.7%
29.9%
Professional class
33.2%
30.8%
Unemployment
14.3%
12.3%
Owner-occupier
62.0%
62.9%
Private rental
18.9%
21.8%
Social housing (LA)
16.8%
12.6%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F52 / F45
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BoyleF52, ElphinF45); safety & crime are the Roscommon/Longford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
75/100
60/100
National rank
#1
#81
County rank
#1
#3
Safety
77/100
77/100
Crime / 1,000
35
35

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.

Boyle Disadvantaged-8.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Boyle Urban -12 (least affluent) → Boyle Rural -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Elphin Below average-7.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Elphin) — 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 (Roscommon/Longford) — 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
BoyleElphin
The verdict

Elphin is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Boyle’s 1, with 4 level: affluence and access to its nearest city. Boyle leads on education levels.

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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