Town comparison · Carrigkerry vs Croom

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Carrigkerry or Croom?

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.

Carrigkerry, Co. Limerick · · 190 people | Croom, Co. Limerick · V35 · 1,006 people

Croom is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Carrigkerry’s 1, with 1 level.

Carrigkerry leads on
affordability
Croom leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiessafetyaccess to its nearest city
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Carrigkerry aheadlevel or not comparableCroom ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CarrigkerryCroom
iCarrigkerry sits in , Croom in V35. 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.

Carrigkerry
Croom

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.

190
Population
1,006

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€153k
Median sale pricelower is better
€325k
Carrigkerry leads
€134k – €179k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€274k – €357k
4
Sales (24m)
90
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
57.8%

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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
Croom leads
Carrigkerry · 1 schools (largest first)
Carrickerry N S Primary
55 pupils · Catholic
Croom · 2 schools (largest first)
Colaiste Chiarain Secondary
783 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Croom National School Primary
169 pupils · CatholicDEIS
0
Creches
2
Croom leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
0
Pharmacies
2
Croom leads
0
Hospitals
2
Croom leads
1
Bus stops
5
Croom leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
0
Gyms & leisure
1
Croom leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
2
Croom leads
2
Sports pitches
10
Croom 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.

0
Restaurants
0
0
Cafés
0
0
Pubs & bars
5
Croom leads
0
Takeaways
1
Croom leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
N/A
Residents per venue
168

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

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

0
Supermarkets
0
0
Convenience shops
1
Croom leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Croom leads
0
Banks
1
Croom leads
0
Post offices
1
Croom leads
0
Hairdressers
2
Croom leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
0
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
0
N/A
Residents per shop or service
168

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.

46m · ~65 rush
Limericklower is better
21m · ~35 rush
Croom leads
96m · ~120 rush
Corklower is better
71m · ~95 rush
Croom leads
116m · ~140 rush
Galwaylower is better
91m · ~115 rush
Croom leads
155m · ~170 rush
Waterfordlower is better
131m · ~145 rush
Croom leads
176m · ~210 rush
Dublinlower is better
151m · ~185 rush
Croom leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-11.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-9.2
Croom leads
Carrigkerry · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-13GlensharroldDisadvantaged
-10GlensharroldDisadvantaged
Croom · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12CroomDisadvantaged
-6CroomBelow average
18.6%
Third-level educated
25.6%
Croom leads
20.7%
Professional class
28.5%
Croom leads
9.9%
Unemploymentlower is better
12.5%
Carrigkerry leads
78.9%
Owner-occupier
67.9%
Carrigkerry leads
3.8%
Private rental
11.7%
17.2%
Social housing (LA)
14.1%

Liveability & safety

AREA · / V35

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Carrigkerry, CroomV35); safety & crime are the Garda division.

N/A
Quality of Life
57/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area ( / V35) 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.

CarrigkerryCroomOverall (avg)
Safety5742
Affordability100
Infrastructure26
Family85
Education32
Environment65
Economic50
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N/A
National rank
#93
N/A
County rank
#3
N/A
Safety
42/100
Crime / 1,000
88.4

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.

Carrigkerry Disadvantaged-11.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Glensharrold -13 (least affluent) → Glensharrold -10 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Croom Disadvantaged-9.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Croom -12 (least affluent) → Croom -6 (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 (), 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 4 CSO Small Areas.

Homes for sale in Croom

The stronger town on the data.

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