Town comparison · Carrick-On-Shannon vs Drumsna

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Carrick-On-Shannon or Drumsna?

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 | Drumsna, Co. Leitrim · N41 · 268 people

Carrick-On-Shannon is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 2 of the 7 dimensions to Drumsna’s 0, with 5 level.

Carrick-On-Shannon leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transport
28159

Carrick-On-Shannon aheadlevel or not comparableDrumsna ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Carrick-On-ShannonDrumsna
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area N41 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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
Drumsna

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
268

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€235k
Median sale price
€235k
€146k – €354k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€169k – €345k
94
Sales (24m)
15
-1.4%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
29.8%
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
0 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
Drumsna · 0 schools (largest first)
No schools inside the boundary.
7
Creches
1
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
4
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
0
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
4
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
54
Drumsna 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
2
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
1
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
1
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
107
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
45
Drumsna 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
120m · ~145 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
122m · ~155 rush
Dublinlower is better
117m · ~150 rush
Drumsna leads
161m · ~180 rush
Limericklower is better
166m · ~185 rush
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
204m · ~220 rush
Waterfordlower is better
198m · ~210 rush
Drumsna leads
236m · ~260 rush
Corklower is better
233m · ~255 rush
Drumsna leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.8
Drumsna leads
Carrick-On-Shannon · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Carrick-on-shannonBelow average
-3Carrick-on-shannonBelow average
+2DanesfortAbove average
+3DanesfortAbove average
Drumsna · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-6DrumsnaBelow average
+1DrumsnaAbove average
38.3%
Third-level educated
38.0%
Carrick-On-Shannon leads
34.9%
Professional class
39.3%
Drumsna leads
13.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
8.6%
Drumsna leads
56.2%
Owner-occupier
87.3%
Drumsna leads
31.1%
Private rental
8.0%
10.1%
Social housing (LA)
2.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · N41 / N41

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Carrick-On-ShannonN41, DrumsnaN41); safety & crime are the Sligo/Leitrim Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

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 / 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.

Carrick-On-ShannonDrumsnaOverall (avg)
Safety62756275
Affordability100100
Infrastructure2222
Family8787
Education4545
Environment6363
Economic3939
020406080100020406080100
#66
National rank
#66
#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.
Drumsna Below average-2.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Drumsna -6 (least affluent) → Drumsna +1 (most affluent). It straddles 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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