Town comparison · Fethard-On-Sea vs Rosslare

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Fethard-On-Sea or Rosslare?

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.

Fethard-On-Sea, Co. Wexford · E91 · 173 people | Rosslare, Co. Wexford · Y35 · 1,611 people

Rosslare is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Fethard-On-Sea’s 2.

Fethard-On-Sea leads on
affordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Rosslare leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportsafety
102022

Fethard-On-Sea aheadlevel or not comparableRosslare ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
Fethard-On-SeaRosslare
iFethard-On-Sea sits in E91, Rosslare in Y35. 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.

Fethard-On-Sea
Rosslare

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.

173
Population
1,611

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€220k
Median sale pricelower is better
€293k
Fethard-On-Sea leads
€173k – €401k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€234k – €431k
11
Sales (24m)
172
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
N/A
New-build share
2.9%

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 · 0 sec
Fethard-On-Sea · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Mhaodhoig Primary
238 pupils · Catholic
Rosslare · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Clochar Mhuire Primary
172 pupils · CatholicDEIS
1
Creches
2
Rosslare leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
1
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
0
5
Bus stops
19
Rosslare leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Rosslare leads
1
Gyms & leisure
0
Fethard-On-Sea leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
7
Rosslare leads
7
Sports pitches
19
Rosslare 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.

1
Restaurants
3
Rosslare leads
1
Cafés
2
Rosslare leads
2
Pubs & bars
3
Rosslare leads
3
Takeaways
3
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
25
Residents per venuelower is better
146
Fethard-On-Sea 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
0
1
Convenience shops
4
Rosslare leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
0
1
Post offices
1
1
Hairdressers
2
Rosslare leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
1
Rosslare leads
0
EV charging
3
Rosslare leads
0
Library & community centre
1
Rosslare leads
58
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
134
Fethard-On-Sea 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.

39m · ~55 rush
Waterfordlower is better
60m · ~75 rush
Fethard-On-Sea leads
138m · ~175 rush
Dublinlower is better
117m · ~150 rush
Rosslare leads
140m · ~160 rush
Corklower is better
156m · ~180 rush
Fethard-On-Sea leads
154m · ~170 rush
Limericklower is better
170m · ~190 rush
Fethard-On-Sea leads
221m · ~245 rush
Galwaylower is better
232m · ~255 rush
Fethard-On-Sea leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-9.7
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.2
Rosslare leads
Fethard-On-Sea · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10FethardDisadvantaged
-9FethardDisadvantaged
Rosslare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7RosslareBelow average
-3RosslareBelow average
25.7%
Third-level educated
34.4%
Rosslare leads
27.4%
Professional class
35.8%
Rosslare leads
13.6%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.2%
Rosslare leads
56.0%
Owner-occupier
69.8%
Rosslare leads
12.7%
Private rental
17.6%
17.0%
Social housing (LA)
13.8%

Liveability & safety

AREA · E91 / Y35

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Fethard-On-SeaE91, RosslareY35); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division.

65/100
Quality of Life
64/100
Fethard-On-Sea leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (E91 / Y35) 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.

Fethard-On-SeaRosslareOverall (avg)
Safety65566464
Affordability9994
Infrastructure8868
Family7270
Education2938
Environment6482
Economic4633
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#50
National ranklower is better
#58
Fethard-On-Sea leads
#5
County ranklower is better
#1
Rosslare leads
56/100
Safety
64/100
Rosslare leads
64.9
Crime / 1,000lower is better
52.9
Rosslare leads

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.

Fethard-On-Sea Disadvantaged-9.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Fethard -10 (least affluent) → Fethard -9 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Rosslare Below average-5.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Rosslare -7 (least affluent) → Rosslare -3 (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 (Tipperary), 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 8 CSO Small Areas.

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