Town comparison · Inniscrone vs Strandhill

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Inniscrone or Strandhill?

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.

Inniscrone, Co. Sligo · F26 · 1,291 people | Strandhill, Co. Sligo · F91 · 1,557 people

Inniscrone and Strandhill are closely matched. Each leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions, with 1 level.

Inniscrone leads on
schools & amenitiessafetyaffordability
Strandhill leads on
affluenceeducation levelspublic transport
191914

Inniscrone aheadlevel or not comparableStrandhill ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
InniscroneStrandhill
iInniscrone sits in F26, Strandhill in F91. 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.

Inniscrone
Strandhill

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.

1,291
Population
1,557

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€270k
Median sale pricelower is better
€350k
Inniscrone leads
€184k – €346k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€281k – €485k
52
Sales (24m)
71
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
9.6%
New-build share
15.5%

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 · 0 sec
Inniscrone leads
Inniscrone · 2 schools (largest first)
Jesus & Mary Secondary School Secondary
262 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Enniscrone N S Primary
132 pupils · Catholic
Strandhill · 1 schools (largest first)
Scoil Asicus Primary
255 pupils · Catholic
1
Creches
3
Strandhill leads
N/A
GP practices
1
2
Pharmacies
1
Inniscrone leads
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
7
Strandhill leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
2
Gyms & leisure
6
Strandhill leads
5
Parks & playgrounds
1
Inniscrone leads
11
Sports pitches
7
Inniscrone 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.

3
Restaurants
5
Strandhill leads
1
Cafés
0
Inniscrone leads
5
Pubs & bars
3
Inniscrone leads
2
Takeaways
0
Inniscrone leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
117
Residents per venuelower is better
195
Inniscrone 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
4
Convenience shops
2
Inniscrone leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Inniscrone leads
0
Banks
0
0
Post offices
1
Strandhill leads
1
Hairdressers
1
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
0
1
Filling stations
1
0
EV charging
0
1
Library & community centre
0
Inniscrone leads
161
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
311
Inniscrone 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.

121m · ~145 rush
Galwaylower is better
129m · ~155 rush
Inniscrone leads
167m · ~185 rush
Limericklower is better
175m · ~195 rush
Inniscrone leads
198m · ~235 rush
Dublinlower is better
172m · ~205 rush
Strandhill leads
266m · ~280 rush
Waterfordlower is better
246m · ~260 rush
Strandhill leads
247m · ~270 rush
Corklower is better
255m · ~275 rush
Inniscrone leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.3
Affluence (Pobal HP)
4.9
Strandhill leads
Inniscrone · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-9KilglassDisadvantaged
-5KilglassBelow average
-4Castleconor WestBelow average
0Castleconor WestBelow average
Strandhill · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
+4KnockareeAbove average
+6KnockareeAffluent
31.7%
Third-level educated
55.4%
Strandhill leads
35.6%
Professional class
54.1%
Strandhill leads
11.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
7.1%
Strandhill leads
82.4%
Owner-occupier
74.9%
Inniscrone leads
5.6%
Private rental
17.0%
7.8%
Social housing (LA)
7.4%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F26 / F91

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (InniscroneF26, StrandhillF91); safety & crime are the Mayo Garda division.

68/100
Quality of Life
71/100
Strandhill leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F26 / F91) 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.

InniscroneStrandhillOverall (avg)
Safety68827175
Affordability100100
Infrastructure8869
Family8375
Education1652
Environment8282
Economic2245
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#28
National ranklower is better
#10
Strandhill leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#1
Strandhill leads
82/100
Safety
75/100
Inniscrone leads
26.9
Crime / 1,000lower is better
37.3
Inniscrone 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.

Inniscrone Below average-6.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Kilglass -9 (least affluent) → Castleconor West 0 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Strandhill Affluent+4.9
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Knockaree +4 (least affluent) → Knockaree +6 (most affluent). Even its least-affluent neighbourhood is above 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 13 CSO Small Areas.

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