Town comparison · Carrick-on-Suir vs Nenagh

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Carrick-on-Suir or Nenagh?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 53 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Carrick-on-Suir, Co. South Tipperary · E32 · 4,549 people | Nenagh, Co. North Tipperary · E45 · 8,636 people

Nenagh is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Carrick-on-Suir’s 2, with 1 level.

Carrick-on-Suir leads on
affordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Nenagh leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transport
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Carrick-on-Suir aheadlevel or not comparableNenagh ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Carrick-on-SuirNenagh
iCarrick-on-Suir sits in E32, Nenagh in E45. 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-Suir
Nenagh

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.

4,549
Population
8,636

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€185k
Median sale pricelower is better
€284k
Carrick-on-Suir leads
€116k – €280k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€196k – €351k
52
Sales (24m)
384
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+9.1%
17.3%
New-build share
10.7%

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.

4 prim · 3 sec
Schools
5 prim · 3 sec
Nenagh leads
Carrick-on-Suir · 7 schools (largest first)
Comeragh College Secondary
565 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Mhuire Secondary
486 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · CATHOLICDEIS
Edmund Rice Secondary School Secondary
316 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Clochar Na Toirbhirte Primary
289 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Mhuire Na Mbraithre Primary
124 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Charraig Na Siuire Primary
111 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Carrickbeg N S Primary
107 pupils · Catholic
Nenagh · 8 schools (largest first)
St. Joseph's Cbs Nenagh Secondary
714 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Mary's Secondary School Secondary
569 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Nenagh College Secondary
368 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Marys Convent Primary
364 pupils · Catholic
Bunscoil Na Mbráithre Críostaí Primary
251 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Aonach Primary
195 pupils · Catholic
Nenagh Community National School Primary
178 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Marys N S Primary
59 pupils · Church Of Ireland
7
Creches
14
Nenagh leads
N/A
GP practices
2
4
Pharmacies
10
Nenagh leads
1
Hospitals
3
Nenagh leads
6
Bus stops
17
Nenagh leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
9
Gyms & leisure
6
Carrick-on-Suir leads
3
Parks & playgrounds
6
Nenagh leads
28
Sports pitches
20
Carrick-on-Suir 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.

1
Restaurants
9
Nenagh leads
6
Cafés
11
Nenagh leads
13
Pubs & bars
17
Nenagh leads
7
Takeaways
9
Nenagh leads
0
Nightclubs
1
Nenagh leads
1
Cinema & theatre
1
162
Residents per venuelower is better
180
Carrick-on-Suir leads
#32 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#6 of 131 small towns
Nenagh 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.

3
Supermarkets
9
Nenagh leads
5
Convenience shops
8
Nenagh leads
5
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
Carrick-on-Suir leads
2
Banks
4
Nenagh leads
1
Post offices
1
6
Hairdressers
15
Nenagh leads
1
Dentists
2
Nenagh leads
1
Vets
6
Nenagh leads
4
Filling stations
8
Nenagh leads
3
EV charging
4
Nenagh leads
1
Library & community centre
1
142
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
139
Nenagh 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.

27m · ~40 rush
Waterfordlower is better
115m · ~130 rush
Carrick-on-Suir leads
94m · ~110 rush
Limericklower is better
35m · ~55 rush
Nenagh leads
165m · ~190 rush
Galwaylower is better
87m · ~110 rush
Nenagh leads
93m · ~115 rush
Corklower is better
111m · ~135 rush
Carrick-on-Suir leads
121m · ~155 rush
Dublinlower is better
114m · ~150 rush
Nenagh leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-15.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.4
Nenagh leads
Carrick-on-Suir · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-19Carrick-on-suir UrbanVery disadvantaged
-15Carrick-on-suir UrbanDisadvantaged
-14Carrickbeg UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Carrickbeg UrbanDisadvantaged
Nenagh · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Nenagh East UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Nenagh West UrbanDisadvantaged
-4Nenagh East UrbanBelow average
-4Nenagh West UrbanBelow average
0Nenagh RuralBelow average
+5Nenagh RuralAffluent
18.4%
Third-level educated
32.2%
Nenagh leads
18.7%
Professional class
28.1%
Nenagh leads
20.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
14.2%
Nenagh leads
57.9%
Owner-occupier
54.9%
Carrick-on-Suir leads
18.7%
Private rental
29.0%
17.9%
Social housing (LA)
12.5%

Liveability & safety

AREA · E32 / E45

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Carrick-on-Suir → E32, Nenagh → E45); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

60/100
Quality of Life
72/100
Nenagh leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (E32 / E45) 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-SuirNenaghOverall (avg)
Safety60567256
Affordability10096
Infrastructure8889
Family7279
Education1450
Environment6482
Economic2650
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#81
National ranklower is better
#4
Nenagh leads
#6
County ranklower is better
#1
Nenagh leads
56/100
Safety
56/100
64.9
Crime / 1,000
64.9

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-Suir Disadvantaged-15.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Carrick-on-suir Urban -19 (least affluent) → Carrickbeg Urban -9 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Nenagh Below average-6.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Nenagh East Urban -10 (least affluent) → Nenagh Rural +5 (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 (Tipperary), 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 55 CSO Small Areas.

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