Town comparison · Carrick-on-Suir vs Tipperary

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Carrick-on-Suir or Tipperary?

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 | Tipperary, Co. South Tipperary · E34 · 5,387 people

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

Carrick-on-Suir leads on
access to its nearest city
Tipperary leads on
affluenceeducation levels
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Carrick-on-Suir aheadlevel or not comparableTipperary ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Carrick-on-SuirTipperary
iCarrick-on-Suir sits in E32, Tipperary in E34. 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
Tipperary

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
5,387

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€185k
Median sale pricelower is better
€226k
Carrick-on-Suir leads
€116k – €280k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€155k – €308k
52
Sales (24m)
1,391
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
17.3%
New-build share
2.0%

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.

4 prim · 3 sec
Schools
5 prim · 3 sec
Tipperary 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
Tipperary · 8 schools (largest first)
St. Ailbe's School Secondary
654 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
The Abbey School Secondary
345 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Anne's Secondary School Secondary
284 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Josephs Primary School Primary
181 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Na Mbraithre Primary
171 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Tipperary G N S Primary
133 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Tipperary Jnr Bn S Primary
107 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Thiobraid Arann Primary
104 pupils · CatholicDEIS
7
Creches
8
Tipperary leads
N/A
GP practices
1
4
Pharmacies
7
Tipperary leads
1
Hospitals
0
Carrick-on-Suir leads
6
Bus stops
7
Tipperary leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
9
Gyms & leisure
7
Carrick-on-Suir leads
3
Parks & playgrounds
5
Tipperary leads
28
Sports pitches
25
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
Tipperary leads
6
Cafés
4
Carrick-on-Suir leads
13
Pubs & bars
12
Carrick-on-Suir leads
7
Takeaways
6
Carrick-on-Suir leads
0
Nightclubs
0
1
Cinema & theatre
1
162
Residents per venuelower is better
168
Carrick-on-Suir leads
#32 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#25 of 131 small towns
Tipperary 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
6
Tipperary leads
5
Convenience shops
8
Tipperary leads
5
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
Carrick-on-Suir leads
2
Banks
3
Tipperary leads
1
Post offices
1
6
Hairdressers
15
Tipperary leads
1
Dentists
2
Tipperary leads
1
Vets
3
Tipperary leads
4
Filling stations
6
Tipperary leads
3
EV charging
4
Tipperary leads
1
Library & community centre
5
Tipperary leads
142
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
95
Tipperary 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
82m · ~95 rush
Carrick-on-Suir leads
94m · ~110 rush
Limericklower is better
39m · ~55 rush
Tipperary leads
93m · ~115 rush
Corklower is better
77m · ~100 rush
Tipperary leads
165m · ~190 rush
Galwaylower is better
110m · ~135 rush
Tipperary leads
121m · ~155 rush
Dublinlower is better
136m · ~170 rush
Carrick-on-Suir leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-15.9
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-14.1
Tipperary leads
Carrick-on-Suir · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-19Carrick-on-suir UrbanVery disadvantaged
-15Carrick-on-suir UrbanDisadvantaged
-14Carrickbeg UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Carrickbeg UrbanDisadvantaged
Tipperary · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-22Tipperary East UrbanVery disadvantaged
-17Tipperary East UrbanVery disadvantaged
-15Tipperary West UrbanDisadvantaged
-7Tipperary West UrbanBelow average
-6Tipperary RuralBelow average
-4Tipperary RuralBelow average
18.4%
Third-level educated
21.4%
Tipperary leads
18.7%
Professional class
21.8%
Tipperary leads
20.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
20.1%
Tipperary leads
57.9%
Owner-occupier
55.3%
Carrick-on-Suir leads
18.7%
Private rental
20.8%
17.9%
Social housing (LA)
19.0%

Liveability & safety

AREA · E32 / E34

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Carrick-on-SuirE32, TipperaryE34); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

60/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Tipperary leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (E32 / E34) 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-SuirTipperaryOverall (avg)
Safety60566656
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8889
Family7275
Education1426
Environment6482
Economic2632
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#81
National ranklower is better
#35
Tipperary leads
#6
County ranklower is better
#2
Tipperary 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.
Tipperary Disadvantaged-14.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tipperary East Urban -22 (least affluent) → Tipperary Rural -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 (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 48 CSO Small Areas.

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