Town comparison · Croom vs Pallaskenry

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Croom or Pallaskenry?

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.

Croom, Co. Limerick · V35 · 1,006 people | Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick · V94 · 610 people

Pallaskenry is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Croom’s 1, with 3 level.

Croom leads on
schools & amenities
Pallaskenry leads on
affluenceeducation levelsaffordability
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Croom aheadlevel or not comparablePallaskenry ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CroomPallaskenry
iCroom sits in V35, Pallaskenry in V94. 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.

Croom
Pallaskenry

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.

1,006
Population
610

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€325k
Median sale pricelower is better
€285k
Pallaskenry leads
€274k – €357k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€220k – €390k
90
Sales (24m)
9
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
57.8%
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.

1 prim · 1 sec
Schools
1 prim · 1 sec
Croom · 2 schools (largest first)
Colaiste Chiarain Secondary
783 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Croom National School Primary
169 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Pallaskenry · 2 schools (largest first)
Salesian Secondary College Secondary
732 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Pallaskenry N S Primary
134 pupils · Catholic
2
Creches
2
N/A
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
0
Croom leads
2
Hospitals
0
Croom leads
5
Bus stops
1
Croom leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
0
Croom leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
1
Croom leads
10
Sports pitches
10

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
5
Pubs & bars
3
Croom leads
1
Takeaways
0
Croom leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
168
Residents per venuelower is better
203
Croom 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.

0
Supermarkets
1
Pallaskenry leads
1
Convenience shops
0
Croom leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Croom leads
1
Banks
1
1
Post offices
1
2
Hairdressers
0
Croom leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
0
0
EV charging
0
0
Library & community centre
2
Pallaskenry leads
168
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
122
Pallaskenry 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.

21m · ~35 rush
Limericklower is better
23m · ~40 rush
Croom leads
71m · ~95 rush
Corklower is better
95m · ~115 rush
Croom leads
91m · ~115 rush
Galwaylower is better
90m · ~115 rush
Pallaskenry leads
131m · ~145 rush
Waterfordlower is better
135m · ~150 rush
Croom leads
151m · ~185 rush
Dublinlower is better
155m · ~190 rush
Croom leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-9.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-2.5
Pallaskenry leads
Croom · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-12CroomDisadvantaged
-6CroomBelow average
Pallaskenry · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-4PallaskenryBelow average
-1PallaskenryBelow average
25.6%
Third-level educated
33.8%
Pallaskenry leads
28.5%
Professional class
37.7%
Pallaskenry leads
12.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
9.6%
Pallaskenry leads
67.9%
Owner-occupier
77.0%
Pallaskenry leads
11.7%
Private rental
8.6%
14.1%
Social housing (LA)
10.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V35 / V94

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CroomV35, PallaskenryV94); safety & crime are the Limerick Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

57/100
Quality of Life
62/100
Pallaskenry leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V35 / V94) 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.

CroomPallaskenryOverall (avg)
Safety57426242
Affordability10089
Infrastructure2683
Family8572
Education3246
Environment6562
Economic5040
020406080100020406080100
#93
National ranklower is better
#66
Pallaskenry leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#1
Pallaskenry leads
42/100
Safety
42/100
88.4
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.

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.
Pallaskenry Below average-2.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Pallaskenry -4 (least affluent) → Pallaskenry -1 (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 (Limerick), 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 5 CSO Small Areas.

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