Town comparison · Glenamaddy vs Tuam

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Glenamaddy or Tuam?

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.

Glenamaddy, Co. Galway · F45 · 242 people | Tuam, Co. Galway · H54 · 9,698 people

Tuam is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Glenamaddy’s 2, with 1 level.

Glenamaddy leads on
safetyaffordability
Tuam leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
121525

Glenamaddy aheadlevel or not comparableTuam ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
GlenamaddyTuam
iGlenamaddy sits in F45, Tuam in H54. 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.

Glenamaddy
Tuam

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.

242
Population
9,698

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€204k
Median sale pricelower is better
€276k
Glenamaddy leads
€173k – €250k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€200k – €360k
28
Sales (24m)
348
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+19.2%
N/A
New-build share
2.3%

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
5 prim · 3 sec
Tuam leads
Glenamaddy · 2 schools (largest first)
Glenamaddy Community School Secondary
420 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Glenamaddy Ns Primary
145 pupils · Catholic
Tuam · 8 schools (largest first)
High Cross College Secondary
827 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Jarlaths College Secondary
706 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Archbishop Mchale College Secondary
471 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Trinity Primary School Primary
760 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha Primary
224 pupils · Catholic
Tuam Educate Together National School Primary
209 pupils · Multi Denominational
Ceathru Na Ngarrdhanta Primary
205 pupils · Catholic
S N Bheanain Primary
34 pupils · Catholic
2
Creches
14
Tuam leads
1
GP practices
2
Tuam leads
1
Pharmacies
9
Tuam leads
0
Hospitals
0
4
Bus stops
28
Tuam leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
1
Gyms & leisure
9
Tuam leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
2
Tuam leads
9
Sports pitches
31
Tuam 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
3
Tuam leads
0
Cafés
6
Tuam leads
4
Pubs & bars
4
0
Takeaways
5
Tuam leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
1
Tuam leads
61
Residents per venuelower is better
510
Glenamaddy 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
Tuam leads
0
Convenience shops
10
Tuam leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
3
Tuam leads
1
Post offices
1
0
Hairdressers
1
Tuam leads
0
Dentists
1
Tuam leads
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
9
Tuam leads
0
EV charging
3
Tuam leads
1
Library & community centre
1
81
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
303
Glenamaddy 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.

61m · ~85 rush
Galwaylower is better
34m · ~60 rush
Tuam leads
104m · ~120 rush
Limericklower is better
81m · ~100 rush
Tuam leads
141m · ~175 rush
Dublinlower is better
149m · ~185 rush
Glenamaddy leads
184m · ~205 rush
Corklower is better
160m · ~180 rush
Tuam leads
196m · ~210 rush
Waterfordlower is better
192m · ~205 rush
Tuam leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-7.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.1
Tuam leads
Glenamaddy · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10GlennamaddyDisadvantaged
-5GlennamaddyBelow average
Tuam · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-12Tuam UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Tuam UrbanDisadvantaged
-6Tuam RuralBelow average
-3Tuam RuralBelow average
25.7%
Third-level educated
33.7%
Tuam leads
30.3%
Professional class
28.9%
Glenamaddy leads
11.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
16.8%
Glenamaddy leads
71.2%
Owner-occupier
57.6%
Glenamaddy leads
15.2%
Private rental
27.8%
9.4%
Social housing (LA)
10.6%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F45 / H54

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (GlenamaddyF45, TuamH54); safety & crime are the Roscommon/Longford Garda division.

60/100
Quality of Life
58/100
Glenamaddy leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F45 / H54) 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.

GlenamaddyTuamOverall (avg)
Safety60775861
Affordability10095
Infrastructure3522
Family8884
Education1840
Environment8063
Economic2540
020406080100020406080100
#81
National ranklower is better
#89
Glenamaddy leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#4
Glenamaddy leads
77/100
Safety
61/100
Glenamaddy leads
35
Crime / 1,000lower is better
60.1
Glenamaddy 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.

Glenamaddy Below average-7.5
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Glennamaddy -10 (least affluent) → Glennamaddy -5 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Tuam Below average-7.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tuam Urban -12 (least affluent) → Tuam Rural -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 (Roscommon/Longford), 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 41 CSO Small Areas.

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