Town comparison · Claremorris vs Westport

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Claremorris or Westport?

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.

Claremorris, Co. Mayo · F12 · 3,065 people | Westport, Co. Mayo · F28 · 5,934 people

Westport is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Claremorris’s 2, with 2 level.

Claremorris leads on
affordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Westport leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenities
111428

Claremorris aheadlevel or not comparableWestport ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ClaremorrisWestport
iClaremorris sits in F12, Westport in F28. 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.

Claremorris
Westport

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.

3,065
Population
5,934

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€225k
Median sale pricelower is better
€316k
Claremorris leads
€150k – €290k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€247k – €430k
225
Sales (24m)
332
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
0.4%
New-build share
11.1%

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 · 2 sec
Schools
5 prim · 2 sec
Westport leads
Claremorris · 3 schools (largest first)
Mount St Michael Secondary
404 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Coláiste Cholmáin Secondary
378 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Claremorris National School Primary
358 pupils · Catholic
Westport · 7 schools (largest first)
Sacred Heart School Secondary
605 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Rice College Secondary
557 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Scoil Phadraig Primary
331 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Na Cuaiche Primary
197 pupils · Catholic
S N Naomh Colm Cille Primary
191 pupils · Catholic
Westport Educate Together National School Primary
48 pupils · Multi Denominational
Holy Trinity National School Primary
46 pupils · Church Of Ireland
6
Creches
9
Westport leads
1
GP practices
1
3
Pharmacies
6
Westport leads
0
Hospitals
0
7
Bus stops
6
Claremorris leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
5
Gyms & leisure
10
Westport leads
3
Parks & playgrounds
10
Westport leads
18
Sports pitches
29
Westport 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.

2
Restaurants
22
Westport leads
1
Cafés
10
Westport leads
10
Pubs & bars
30
Westport leads
3
Takeaways
4
Westport leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Westport leads
192
Residents per venuelower is better
87
Westport leads
#71 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#1 of 131 small towns
Westport 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
3
Claremorris leads
8
Convenience shops
9
Westport leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
Westport leads
3
Banks
4
Westport leads
1
Post offices
1
2
Hairdressers
9
Westport leads
1
Dentists
3
Westport leads
0
Vets
2
Westport leads
5
Filling stations
4
Claremorris leads
4
EV charging
6
Westport leads
1
Library & community centre
4
Westport leads
106
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
121
Claremorris 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.

58m · ~80 rush
Galwaylower is better
80m · ~105 rush
Claremorris leads
105m · ~125 rush
Limericklower is better
140m · ~160 rush
Claremorris leads
171m · ~205 rush
Dublinlower is better
201m · ~235 rush
Claremorris leads
184m · ~205 rush
Corklower is better
220m · ~240 rush
Claremorris leads
216m · ~230 rush
Waterfordlower is better
252m · ~265 rush
Claremorris leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-0.5
Westport leads
Claremorris · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5ClaremorrisBelow average
-1ClaremorrisBelow average
Westport · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-1Westport UrbanBelow average
+0Westport UrbanAbove average
+1Westport RuralAbove average
+3Westport RuralAbove average
34.4%
Third-level educated
42.3%
Westport leads
32.0%
Professional class
36.8%
Westport leads
11.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
9.0%
Westport leads
56.9%
Owner-occupier
56.0%
Claremorris leads
31.5%
Private rental
33.1%
7.5%
Social housing (LA)
9.0%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F12 / F28

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ClaremorrisF12, WestportF28); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
75/100
Westport leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F12 / F28) 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.

ClaremorrisWestportOverall (avg)
Safety66827582
Affordability10092
Infrastructure3988
Family8684
Education3046
Environment8082
Economic4250
020406080100020406080100
#35
National ranklower is better
#1
Westport leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#1
Westport leads
82/100
Safety
82/100
26.9
Crime / 1,000
26.9

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.

Claremorris Below average-3.0
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Claremorris -5 (least affluent) → Claremorris -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Westport Below average-0.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Westport Urban -1 (least affluent) → Westport Rural +3 (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 (Mayo), 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 38 CSO Small Areas.

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