Town comparison · Crossmolina vs Westport

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Crossmolina or Westport?

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.

Crossmolina, Co. Mayo · F26 · 1,134 people | Westport, Co. Mayo · F28 · 5,934 people

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

Crossmolina leads on
affordability
Westport leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
31534

Crossmolina aheadlevel or not comparableWestport ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CrossmolinaWestport
iCrossmolina sits in F26, 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.

Crossmolina
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.

1,134
Population
5,934

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€204k
Median sale pricelower is better
€316k
Crossmolina leads
€100k – €300k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€247k – €430k
51
Sales (24m)
332
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
9.8%
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
Crossmolina · 3 schools (largest first)
Jesus & Mary Secondary School Secondary
604 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Tiernan's College Secondary
237 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Crossmolina N.s. Primary
242 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
3
Creches
9
Westport leads
1
GP practices
1
2
Pharmacies
6
Westport leads
0
Hospitals
0
6
Bus stops
6
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Westport leads
0
Gyms & leisure
10
Westport leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
10
Westport leads
13
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.

0
Restaurants
22
Westport leads
1
Cafés
10
Westport leads
7
Pubs & bars
30
Westport leads
1
Takeaways
4
Westport leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Westport leads
126
Residents per venuelower is better
87
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.

0
Supermarkets
3
Westport leads
4
Convenience shops
9
Westport leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
Westport leads
0
Banks
4
Westport leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
9
Westport leads
0
Dentists
3
Westport leads
1
Vets
2
Westport leads
1
Filling stations
4
Westport leads
1
EV charging
6
Westport leads
1
Library & community centre
4
Westport leads
113
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
121
Crossmolina 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.

111m · ~135 rush
Galwaylower is better
80m · ~105 rush
Westport leads
163m · ~180 rush
Limericklower is better
140m · ~160 rush
Westport leads
201m · ~235 rush
Dublin
201m · ~235 rush
242m · ~265 rush
Corklower is better
220m · ~240 rush
Westport leads
262m · ~275 rush
Waterfordlower is better
252m · ~265 rush
Westport leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-4.4
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-0.5
Westport leads
Crossmolina · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-7Crossmolina NorthBelow average
-6Crossmolina SouthBelow average
-4Crossmolina NorthBelow average
+1Crossmolina SouthAbove average
Westport · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-1Westport UrbanBelow average
+0Westport UrbanAbove average
+1Westport RuralAbove average
+3Westport RuralAbove average
31.3%
Third-level educated
42.3%
Westport leads
36.4%
Professional class
36.8%
Westport leads
9.4%
Unemploymentlower is better
9.0%
Westport leads
78.5%
Owner-occupier
56.0%
Crossmolina leads
12.8%
Private rental
33.1%
4.8%
Social housing (LA)
9.0%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F26 / F28

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CrossmolinaF26, WestportF28); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

68/100
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 (F26 / 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.

CrossmolinaWestportOverall (avg)
Safety68827582
Affordability10092
Infrastructure8888
Family8384
Education1646
Environment8282
Economic2250
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#28
National ranklower is better
#1
Westport leads
#2
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.

Crossmolina Below average-4.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Crossmolina North -7 (least affluent) → Crossmolina South +1 (most affluent). It straddles 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 31 CSO Small Areas.

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