Town comparison · Roscommon vs Tulsk

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Roscommon or Tulsk?

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.

Roscommon, Co. Roscommon · F42 · 6,427 people | Tulsk, Co. Roscommon · F45 · 191 people

Roscommon is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 4 of the 7 dimensions to Tulsk’s 0, with 3 level.

Roscommon leads on
education levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportaccess to its nearest city
35134

Roscommon aheadlevel or not comparableTulsk ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
RoscommonTulsk
iRoscommon sits in F42, Tulsk in F45. 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.

Roscommon
Tulsk

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.

6,427
Population
191

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€200k
Median sale pricelower is better
€164k
Tulsk leads
€131k – €282k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€140k – €200k
806
Sales (24m)
25
+11.8%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
3.6%
New-build share
N/A

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.

2 prim · 3 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Roscommon leads
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
Tulsk · 1 schools (largest first)
Tulsk N S Primary
73 pupils · Catholic
9
Creches
1
Roscommon leads
1
GP practices
N/A
5
Pharmacies
0
Roscommon leads
3
Hospitals
0
Roscommon leads
8
Bus stops
4
Roscommon leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Roscommon leads
11
Gyms & leisure
1
Roscommon leads
6
Parks & playgrounds
0
Roscommon leads
24
Sports pitches
1
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.

4
Restaurants
0
Roscommon leads
6
Cafés
0
Roscommon leads
11
Pubs & bars
0
Roscommon leads
3
Takeaways
0
Roscommon leads
0
Nightclubs
0
2
Cinema & theatre
0
Roscommon leads
247
Residents per venue
N/A

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

8
Supermarkets
0
Roscommon leads
5
Convenience shops
1
Roscommon leads
1
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Roscommon leads
4
Banks
0
Roscommon leads
1
Post offices
0
Roscommon leads
2
Hairdressers
0
Roscommon leads
1
Dentists
0
Roscommon leads
0
Vets
0
4
Filling stations
1
Roscommon leads
4
EV charging
0
Roscommon leads
2
Library & community centre
0
Roscommon leads
201
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
96
Tulsk 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.

77m · ~100 rush
Galwaylower is better
92m · ~115 rush
Roscommon leads
116m · ~150 rush
Dublinlower is better
122m · ~155 rush
Roscommon leads
121m · ~140 rush
Limericklower is better
137m · ~155 rush
Roscommon leads
170m · ~185 rush
Waterfordlower is better
185m · ~200 rush
Roscommon leads
197m · ~220 rush
Corklower is better
212m · ~235 rush
Roscommon leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-5.5
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.1
Roscommon leads
Roscommon · 4 EDs, poorest → richest
-10Roscommon UrbanDisadvantaged
-9Roscommon UrbanDisadvantaged
-5Roscommon RuralBelow average
-1Roscommon RuralBelow average
Tulsk · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9OgullaDisadvantaged
-3OgullaBelow average
35.0%
Third-level educated
29.1%
Roscommon leads
32.9%
Professional class
29.1%
Roscommon leads
13.2%
Unemploymentlower is better
9.9%
Tulsk leads
56.3%
Owner-occupier
75.2%
Tulsk leads
27.7%
Private rental
19.0%
12.0%
Social housing (LA)
4.7%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F42 / F45

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (RoscommonF42, TulskF45); safety & crime are the Roscommon/Longford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

65/100
Quality of Life
60/100
Roscommon leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (F42 / F45) 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.

RoscommonTulskOverall (avg)
Safety65776077
Affordability99100
Infrastructure4135
Family8688
Education4018
Environment6580
Economic4525
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#50
National ranklower is better
#81
Roscommon leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#3
Roscommon leads
77/100
Safety
77/100
35
Crime / 1,000
35

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.

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.
Tulsk Below average-6.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Ogulla -9 (least affluent) → Ogulla -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 24 CSO Small Areas.

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