Town comparison · Boyle vs Keadew

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Boyle or Keadew?

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.

Boyle, Co. Roscommon · F52 · 2,457 people | Keadew, Co. Roscommon · N41 · 189 people

Boyle and Keadew are closely matched. Each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level.

Boyle leads on
schools & amenitiesaccess to its nearest city
Keadew leads on
affluenceeducation levels
28177

Boyle aheadlevel or not comparableKeadew ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
BoyleKeadew
iBoyle sits in F52, Keadew in N41. 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.

Boyle
Keadew

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.

2,457
Population
189

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€190k
Median sale pricelower is better
€180k
Keadew leads
€140k – €265k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€120k – €200k
164
Sales (24m)
3
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
2.4%
New-build share
N/A

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.

2 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Boyle leads
Boyle · 3 schools (largest first)
Abbey Community College Secondary
591 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Abbey Primary School Primary
418 pupils · Catholic
S N Paroisteach Primary
26 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Keadew · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Cill Ronain Primary
41 pupils · Catholic
3
Creches
1
Boyle leads
2
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
0
Boyle leads
0
Hospitals
0
3
Bus stops
2
Boyle leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Boyle leads
6
Gyms & leisure
0
Boyle leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
1
Boyle leads
10
Sports pitches
2
Boyle 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.

3
Restaurants
0
Boyle leads
3
Cafés
0
Boyle leads
14
Pubs & bars
0
Boyle leads
2
Takeaways
0
Boyle leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
112
Residents per venue
N/A

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

1
Supermarkets
0
Boyle leads
5
Convenience shops
0
Boyle leads
2
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Boyle leads
2
Banks
0
Boyle leads
0
Post offices
0
2
Hairdressers
0
Boyle leads
2
Dentists
0
Boyle leads
0
Vets
0
4
Filling stations
0
Boyle leads
2
EV charging
0
Boyle leads
0
Library & community centre
0
123
Residents per shop or service
N/A

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.

105m · ~130 rush
Galwaylower is better
121m · ~145 rush
Boyle leads
136m · ~170 rush
Dublinlower is better
134m · ~170 rush
Keadew leads
151m · ~170 rush
Limericklower is better
167m · ~185 rush
Boyle leads
208m · ~220 rush
Waterfordlower is better
215m · ~230 rush
Boyle leads
230m · ~250 rush
Corklower is better
247m · ~270 rush
Boyle leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-10.8
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-4.2
Keadew leads
Boyle · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-17Boyle UrbanVery disadvantaged
-13Boyle UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Boyle RuralBelow average
-3Boyle RuralBelow average
Keadew · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5KeadewBelow average
-4KeadewBelow average
29.1%
Third-level educated
37.6%
Keadew leads
31.8%
Professional class
34.2%
Keadew leads
18.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.0%
Keadew leads
62.0%
Owner-occupier
71.0%
Keadew leads
19.9%
Private rental
8.9%
15.7%
Social housing (LA)
14.0%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F52 / N41

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (BoyleF52, KeadewN41); safety & crime are the Roscommon/Longford Garda division.

75/100
Quality of Life
62/100
Boyle leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F52 / N41) 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.

BoyleKeadewOverall (avg)
Safety75776275
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8922
Family9087
Education5245
Environment7463
Economic4339
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#1
National ranklower is better
#66
Boyle leads
#1
County rank
#1
77/100
Safety
75/100
Boyle leads
35
Crime / 1,000lower is better
37.3
Boyle leads

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-10.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Boyle Urban -17 (least affluent) → Boyle Rural -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Keadew Below average-4.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Keadew -5 (least affluent) → Keadew -4 (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 (Roscommon/Longford), 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 14 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Boyle

The towns are level, so these are from the first.

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