Town comparison · Keadew vs Roscommon

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Keadew or Roscommon?

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.

Keadew, Co. Roscommon · N41 · 189 people | Roscommon, Co. Roscommon · F42 · 6,427 people

Roscommon is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Keadew’s 2, with 2 level.

Keadew leads on
affluenceeducation levels
Roscommon leads on
schools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
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Keadew aheadlevel or not comparableRoscommon ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
KeadewRoscommon
iKeadew sits in N41, Roscommon in F42. 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.

Keadew
Roscommon

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.

189
Population
6,427

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€180k
Median sale pricelower is better
€200k
Keadew leads
€120k – €200k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€131k – €282k
3
Sales (24m)
806
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+11.8%
N/A
New-build share
3.6%

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
2 prim · 3 sec
Roscommon leads
Keadew · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Cill Ronain Primary
41 pupils · Catholic
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
1
Creches
9
Roscommon leads
N/A
GP practices
1
0
Pharmacies
5
Roscommon leads
0
Hospitals
3
Roscommon leads
2
Bus stops
8
Roscommon leads
0
Rail / Luas stops
1
Roscommon leads
0
Gyms & leisure
11
Roscommon leads
1
Parks & playgrounds
6
Roscommon leads
2
Sports pitches
24
Roscommon 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
4
Roscommon leads
0
Cafés
6
Roscommon leads
0
Pubs & bars
11
Roscommon leads
0
Takeaways
3
Roscommon leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
2
Roscommon leads
N/A
Residents per venue
247

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
8
Roscommon leads
0
Convenience shops
5
Roscommon leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Roscommon leads
0
Banks
4
Roscommon leads
0
Post offices
1
Roscommon leads
0
Hairdressers
2
Roscommon leads
0
Dentists
1
Roscommon leads
0
Vets
0
0
Filling stations
4
Roscommon leads
0
EV charging
4
Roscommon leads
0
Library & community centre
2
Roscommon leads
N/A
Residents per shop or service
201

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
77m · ~100 rush
Roscommon leads
134m · ~170 rush
Dublinlower is better
116m · ~150 rush
Roscommon leads
167m · ~185 rush
Limericklower is better
121m · ~140 rush
Roscommon leads
215m · ~230 rush
Waterfordlower is better
170m · ~185 rush
Roscommon leads
247m · ~270 rush
Corklower is better
197m · ~220 rush
Roscommon leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-4.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-5.5
Keadew leads
Keadew · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-5KeadewBelow average
-4KeadewBelow average
Roscommon · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Roscommon UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Roscommon UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Roscommon RuralBelow average
-1Roscommon RuralBelow average
37.6%
Third-level educated
35.0%
Keadew leads
34.2%
Professional class
32.9%
Keadew leads
11.0%
Unemploymentlower is better
13.2%
Keadew leads
71.0%
Owner-occupier
56.3%
Keadew leads
8.9%
Private rental
27.7%
14.0%
Social housing (LA)
12.0%

Liveability & safety

AREA · N41 / F42

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (KeadewN41, RoscommonF42); safety & crime are the Sligo/Leitrim Garda division.

62/100
Quality of Life
65/100
Roscommon leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (N41 / F42) 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.

KeadewRoscommonOverall (avg)
Safety62756577
Affordability10099
Infrastructure2241
Family8786
Education4540
Environment6365
Economic3945
020406080100020406080100
#66
National ranklower is better
#50
Roscommon leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Keadew leads
75/100
Safety
77/100
Roscommon leads
37.3
Crime / 1,000lower is better
35
Roscommon 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.

Keadew Below average-4.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Keadew -5 (least affluent) → Keadew -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Roscommon Below average-5.5
← 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 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 (Sligo/Leitrim), 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 24 CSO Small Areas.

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