Town comparison · Nenagh vs Roscrea

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Nenagh or Roscrea?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 53 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Nenagh, Co. North Tipperary · E45 · 8,636 people | Roscrea, Co. North Tipperary · E53 · 5,139 people

Nenagh is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Roscrea’s 1, with 1 level.

Nenagh leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
Roscrea leads on
affordability
291410

Nenagh aheadlevel or not comparableRoscrea ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
NenaghRoscrea
iNenagh sits in E45, Roscrea in E53. 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.

Nenagh
Roscrea

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.

8,636
Population
5,139

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€284k
Median sale pricelower is better
€225k
Roscrea leads
€195k – €351k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€155k – €280k
384
Sales (24m)
199
+14.0%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
10.7%
New-build share
19.1%

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.

5 prim · 3 sec
Schools
4 prim · 1 sec
Nenagh leads
Nenagh · 8 schools (largest first)
St. Joseph's Cbs Nenagh Secondary
714 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Mary's Secondary School Secondary
569 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Nenagh College Secondary
368 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
St Marys Convent Primary
364 pupils · Catholic
Bunscoil Na Mbráithre Críostaí Primary
251 pupils · Catholic
Gaelscoil Aonach Primary
195 pupils · Catholic
Nenagh Community National School Primary
178 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Marys N S Primary
59 pupils · Church Of Ireland
Roscrea · 5 schools (largest first)
Colaiste Phobáil Ros Cré Secondary
595 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Iosef Naofa Primary
299 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Sacred Heart Primary School Primary
173 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Johns Primary
163 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Roscrea N S No 2 Primary
28 pupils · Church Of Ireland
14
Creches
6
Nenagh leads
2
GP practices
1
Nenagh leads
10
Pharmacies
5
Nenagh leads
3
Hospitals
0
Nenagh leads
17
Bus stops
6
Nenagh leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
6
Gyms & leisure
8
Roscrea leads
6
Parks & playgrounds
5
Nenagh leads
20
Sports pitches
18
Nenagh 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.

9
Restaurants
5
Nenagh leads
11
Cafés
3
Nenagh leads
17
Pubs & bars
15
Nenagh leads
9
Takeaways
13
Roscrea leads
1
Nightclubs
1
1
Cinema & theatre
0
Nenagh leads
180
Residents per venuelower is better
139
Roscrea leads
#6 of 131 small towns
Most vibrant (national)lower is better
#17 of 131 small towns
Nenagh 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.

9
Supermarkets
5
Nenagh leads
8
Convenience shops
6
Nenagh leads
4
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
4
4
Banks
4
1
Post offices
1
15
Hairdressers
10
Nenagh leads
2
Dentists
4
Roscrea leads
6
Vets
4
Nenagh leads
8
Filling stations
5
Nenagh leads
4
EV charging
3
Nenagh leads
1
Library & community centre
3
Roscrea leads
139
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
105
Roscrea 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.

35m · ~55 rush
Limericklower is better
53m · ~70 rush
Nenagh leads
87m · ~110 rush
Galwaylower is better
98m · ~120 rush
Nenagh leads
115m · ~130 rush
Waterfordlower is better
95m · ~110 rush
Roscrea leads
114m · ~150 rush
Dublinlower is better
98m · ~135 rush
Roscrea leads
111m · ~135 rush
Corklower is better
115m · ~135 rush
Nenagh leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.4
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-12.1
Nenagh leads
Nenagh · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Nenagh East UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Nenagh West UrbanDisadvantaged
-4Nenagh East UrbanBelow average
-4Nenagh West UrbanBelow average
0Nenagh RuralBelow average
+5Nenagh RuralAffluent
Roscrea · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-13RoscreaDisadvantaged
-11RoscreaDisadvantaged
32.2%
Third-level educated
21.5%
Nenagh leads
28.1%
Professional class
22.8%
Nenagh leads
14.2%
Unemploymentlower is better
16.3%
Nenagh leads
54.9%
Owner-occupier
60.0%
Roscrea leads
29.0%
Private rental
20.6%
12.5%
Social housing (LA)
15.6%

Liveability & safety

AREA · E45 / E53

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (NenaghE45, RoscreaE53); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

72/100
Quality of Life
66/100
Nenagh leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (E45 / E53) 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.

NenaghRoscreaOverall (avg)
Safety72566656
Affordability96100
Infrastructure8987
Family7980
Education5032
Environment8274
Economic5035
020406080100020406080100
#4
National ranklower is better
#35
Nenagh leads
#1
County ranklower is better
#2
Nenagh leads
56/100
Safety
56/100
64.9
Crime / 1,000
64.9

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.

Nenagh Below average-6.4
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Nenagh East Urban -10 (least affluent) → Nenagh Rural +5 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Roscrea Disadvantaged-12.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Roscrea -13 (least affluent) → Roscrea -11 (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 55 CSO Small Areas.

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