Town comparison · Carrick-On-Shannon vs Dromahair

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Carrick-On-Shannon or Dromahair?

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 | Dromahair, Co. Leitrim · F91 · 803 people

Carrick-On-Shannon and Dromahair are closely matched. Each leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions, with 3 level.

Carrick-On-Shannon leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transport
Dromahair leads on
affluenceeducation levels
32128

Carrick-On-Shannon aheadlevel or not comparableDromahair ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Carrick-On-ShannonDromahair
iCarrick-On-Shannon sits in N41, Dromahair in F91. 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
Dromahair

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
803

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€240k
Median sale pricelower is better
€195k
Dromahair leads
€148k – €349k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€90k – €285k
95
Sales (24m)
45
-1.4%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
29.5%
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 · 0 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
Dromahair · 1 schools (largest first)
Drumlease N S Primary
150 pupils · Catholic
7
Creches
2
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
1
GP practices
N/A
3
Pharmacies
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
1
Hospitals
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
9
Bus stops
8
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
8
Gyms & leisure
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
1
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
12
Sports pitches
2
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
1
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
7
Cafés
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
12
Pubs & bars
1
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
6
Takeaways
0
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
402
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
0
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
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
5
Hairdressers
1
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
2
Dentists
0
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
0
Vets
0
5
Filling stations
0
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
402
Carrick-On-Shannon 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
129m · ~155 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
122m · ~155 rush
Dublinlower is better
160m · ~195 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
161m · ~180 rush
Limericklower is better
175m · ~195 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
204m · ~220 rush
Waterfordlower is better
242m · ~255 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
236m · ~260 rush
Corklower is better
255m · ~275 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-0.7
Dromahair leads
Carrick-On-Shannon · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Carrick-on-shannonBelow average
-3Carrick-on-shannonBelow average
+2DanesfortAbove average
+3DanesfortAbove average
Dromahair · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-1DrumahaireBelow average
0DrumahaireBelow average
38.3%
Third-level educated
41.8%
Dromahair leads
34.9%
Professional class
43.3%
Dromahair leads
13.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.2%
Dromahair leads
56.2%
Owner-occupier
75.0%
Dromahair leads
31.1%
Private rental
15.1%
10.1%
Social housing (LA)
5.7%

Liveability & safety

AREA · N41 / F91

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Carrick-On-ShannonN41, DromahairF91); safety & crime are the Sligo/Leitrim Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

62/100
Quality of Life
71/100
Dromahair leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (N41 / F91) 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-ShannonDromahairOverall (avg)
Safety62757175
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2269
Family8775
Education4552
Environment6382
Economic3945
020406080100020406080100
#66
National ranklower is better
#10
Dromahair leads
#1
County rank
#1
75/100
Safety
75/100
37.3
Crime / 1,000
37.3

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.
Dromahair Below average-0.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Drumahaire -1 (least affluent) → Drumahaire 0 (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 20 CSO Small Areas.

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