Town comparison · Carrick-On-Shannon vs Carrigallen

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Carrick-On-Shannon or Carrigallen?

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.

Carrick-On-Shannon, Co. Leitrim · N41 · 3,534 people | Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim · H12 · 163 people

Carrick-On-Shannon is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Carrigallen’s 0, with 3 level.

Carrick-On-Shannon leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transport
37123

Carrick-On-Shannon aheadlevel or not comparableCarrigallen ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Carrick-On-ShannonCarrigallen
iCarrick-On-Shannon sits in N41, Carrigallen in H12. 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.

Carrick-On-Shannon
Carrigallen

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.

3,534
Population
163

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€235k
Median sale pricelower is better
€194k
Carrigallen leads
€146k – €354k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€77k – €246k
94
Sales (24m)
32
-1.4%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
29.8%
New-build share
0.0%

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 · 1 sec
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
Carrick-On-Shannon · 3 schools (largest first)
Community School Secondary
676 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Scoil Mhuire Primary
465 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Liatroma Primary
196 pupils · Catholic
Carrigallen · 2 schools (largest first)
Carrigallen Vocational School Secondary
311 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Carrigallen N S Primary
175 pupils · CatholicDEIS
7
Creches
3
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
1
GP practices
1
3
Pharmacies
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
1
Hospitals
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
9
Bus stops
2
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
8
Gyms & leisure
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
12
Sports pitches
1
Carrick-On-Shannon 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.

13
Restaurants
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
7
Cafés
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
12
Pubs & bars
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
6
Takeaways
1
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
1
Nightclubs
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
2
Cinema & theatre
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
86
Residents per venuelower is better
163
Carrick-On-Shannon leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

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

4
Supermarkets
1
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
5
Convenience shops
1
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
2
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
3
Banks
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
2
Post offices
1
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
5
Hairdressers
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
2
Dentists
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
0
Vets
0
5
Filling stations
1
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
3
EV charging
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
2
Library & community centre
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
107
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
41
Carrigallen 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.

115m · ~140 rush
Galwaylower is better
144m · ~170 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
122m · ~155 rush
Dublinlower is better
124m · ~160 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
161m · ~180 rush
Limericklower is better
182m · ~200 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
204m · ~220 rush
Waterfordlower is better
213m · ~225 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
236m · ~260 rush
Corklower is better
248m · ~270 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-8.3
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
Carrick-On-Shannon · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Carrick-on-shannonBelow average
-3Carrick-on-shannonBelow average
+2DanesfortAbove average
+3DanesfortAbove average
Carrigallen · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9Carrigallen WestDisadvantaged
-7Carrigallen WestBelow average
38.3%
Third-level educated
27.0%
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
34.9%
Professional class
30.1%
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
13.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
15.4%
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
56.2%
Owner-occupier
64.2%
Carrigallen leads
31.1%
Private rental
21.8%
10.1%
Social housing (LA)
11.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · N41 / H12

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Carrick-On-ShannonN41, CarrigallenH12); safety & crime are the Sligo/Leitrim Garda division.

62/100
Quality of Life
62/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (N41 / H12) 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.

Carrick-On-ShannonCarrigallenOverall (avg)
Safety62756274
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2224
Family8782
Education4542
Environment6376
Economic3934
020406080100020406080100
#66
National rank
#66
#1
County rank
#1
75/100
Safety
74/100
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
37.3
Crime / 1,000lower is better
40
Carrick-On-Shannon 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.

Carrick-On-Shannon Below average-3.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Carrick-on-shannon -7 (least affluent) → Danesfort +3 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Carrigallen Disadvantaged-8.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Carrigallen West -9 (least affluent) → Carrigallen West -7 (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 (Sligo/Leitrim), 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 17 CSO Small Areas.

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