ElphinCo. Roscommon vs RoscommonCo. RoscommonTown level

The same comparison as the area page, but measured for the town itself, not the whole Eircode routing key.

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iElphin sits in F45, Roscommon in F42. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it's actually measured at.
Elphin
Roscommon

Outlines are each town's CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.

TOWNS
Elphin
Co. ROSCOMMON · in F45 · pop 1,786 · 2 small areas
Roscommon
Co. ROSCOMMON · in F42 · pop · 23 small areas
Prices & market● TOWN · exact
Median sale price
€128k
€260k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€71k – €198k
€175k – €336k
Sales (24m)
4
227
Price momentum (YoY)
+18.5%
+25.8%
New-build share
0.0%
50.4%
Schools, health & amenities● TOWN · counts
Count of each facility whose location falls inside the town boundary. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.
Schools
0 prim · 1 sec
2 prim · 3 sec
Elphin · 1 schools (largest first)
Elphin Community College Secondary
193 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Roscommon · 5 schools (largest first)
Roscommon Community College Secondary
579 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Muire Gan Smal Secondary
518 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
C.b.s. Roscommon Secondary
436 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Cóman's Wood Primary School Primary
619 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil De Hide Primary
146 pupils · Catholic
Creches
0
9
GP practices
0
1
Pharmacies
0
4
Hospitals
0
3
Bus stops
5
8
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
0
9
Parks & playgrounds
1
4
Sports pitches
1
15
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.
Galway
99m · ~125 rush
77m · ~100 rush
Dublin
124m · ~160 rush
116m · ~150 rush
Limerick
144m · ~160 rush
121m · ~140 rush
Waterford
192m · ~205 rush
170m · ~185 rush
Cork
219m · ~240 rush
197m · ~220 rush
Affluence & profile● ELECTORAL DIVISION
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.4
-4.8
Elphin · 1 EDs, poorest → richest
-7ElphinBelow average
Roscommon · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Roscommon UrbanDisadvantaged
-1Roscommon RuralBelow average
Third-level educated
29.9%
36.5%
Professional class
30.8%
33.4%
Unemployment
12.3%
11.1%
Owner-occupier
62.9%
56.3%
Private rental
21.8%
28.8%
Social housing (LA)
12.6%
11.8%
Liveability & safety● AREA · F45 / F42
Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (ElphinF45, RoscommonF42); safety & crime are the Roscommon/Longford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.
Quality of Life
60/100
65/100
National rank
#81
#49
County rank
#3
#2
Safety
77/100
77/100
Crime / 1,000
35
35

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.

Elphin Below average-7.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Single Electoral Division (Elphin) — below the national average.
Roscommon Below average-4.8
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Roscommon Urban -10 (least affluent) → Roscommon Rural -1 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

● TOWN
Prices, amenities & commute — exact, 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. The figures the routing-key area page can't give you.

● ED
Affluence, profile & tenure — Electoral-Division level.

Pobal HP, third-level, class, unemployment, tenure are published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town's EDs — a range where the town spans several EDs (see the bar above).

● AREA
Liveability & safety — wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety & crime are the Garda division (Roscommon/Longford) — coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population & growth are loaded for ~7 counties so far (not Leinster yet); rent & yield are too sparse per town. Tap Schools or Affluence to drill in. Built from 25 CSO Small Areas.
AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
ElphinRoscommon
The verdict

Roscommon is the stronger town on the data — it leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Elphin’s 1, with 1 level: affluence, education levels, schools & amenities, public transport and access to its nearest city. Elphin leads on affordability.

Higher is better on every spoke — affluence, education, amenity density, transport, safety, affordability and nearest-city access, scored head-to-head.

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