Town comparison · Rosslare vs Taghmon

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Rosslare or Taghmon?

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.

Rosslare, Co. Wexford · Y35 · 1,611 people | Taghmon, Co. Wexford · Y35 · 740 people

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

Rosslare leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transport
Taghmon leads on
affordabilityaccess to its nearest city
192211

Rosslare aheadlevel or not comparableTaghmon ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
RosslareTaghmon
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area Y35 — on the routing-key area page they would read as one number. At town level they diverge. 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.

Rosslare
Taghmon

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.

1,611
Population
740

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€293k
Median sale pricelower is better
€270k
Taghmon leads
€234k – €431k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€185k – €385k
172
Sales (24m)
25
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
2.9%
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.

1 prim · 0 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Rosslare · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Clochar Mhuire Primary
172 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Taghmon · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Fionntain Primary
184 pupils · CatholicDEIS
2
Creches
1
Rosslare leads
N/A
GP practices
1
1
Pharmacies
1
0
Hospitals
0
19
Bus stops
4
Rosslare leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Rosslare leads
0
Gyms & leisure
1
Taghmon leads
7
Parks & playgrounds
1
Rosslare leads
19
Sports pitches
3
Rosslare 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
0
Rosslare leads
2
Cafés
0
Rosslare leads
3
Pubs & bars
2
Rosslare leads
3
Takeaways
2
Rosslare leads
0
Nightclubs
0
0
Cinema & theatre
0
146
Residents per venuelower is better
185
Rosslare 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
Rosslare leads
0
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
0
Banks
1
Taghmon leads
1
Post offices
0
Rosslare leads
2
Hairdressers
0
Rosslare leads
0
Dentists
0
0
Vets
1
Taghmon leads
1
Filling stations
1
3
EV charging
0
Rosslare leads
1
Library & community centre
2
Taghmon leads
134
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
106
Taghmon 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.

60m · ~75 rush
Waterfordlower is better
43m · ~55 rush
Taghmon leads
117m · ~150 rush
Dublinlower is better
113m · ~150 rush
Taghmon leads
156m · ~180 rush
Corklower is better
140m · ~160 rush
Taghmon leads
170m · ~190 rush
Limericklower is better
153m · ~170 rush
Taghmon leads
232m · ~255 rush
Galwaylower is better
219m · ~245 rush
Taghmon leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-5.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-11.3
Rosslare leads
Rosslare · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-7RosslareBelow average
-3RosslareBelow average
Taghmon · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-17TaghmonVery disadvantaged
-5TaghmonBelow average
34.4%
Third-level educated
24.3%
Rosslare leads
35.8%
Professional class
31.4%
Rosslare leads
11.2%
Unemploymentlower is better
15.3%
Rosslare leads
69.8%
Owner-occupier
59.5%
Rosslare leads
17.6%
Private rental
8.6%
13.8%
Social housing (LA)
12.6%

Liveability & safety

AREA · Y35 / Y35

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (RosslareY35, TaghmonY35); safety & crime are the Wexford Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

64/100
Quality of Life
64/100

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (Y35 / Y35) 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.

RosslareTaghmonOverall (avg)
Safety64646464
Affordability9494
Infrastructure6868
Family7070
Education3838
Environment8282
Economic3333
020406080100020406080100
#58
National rank
#58
#1
County rank
#1
64/100
Safety
64/100
52.9
Crime / 1,000
52.9

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.

Rosslare Below average-5.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Rosslare -7 (least affluent) → Rosslare -3 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Taghmon Disadvantaged-11.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Taghmon -17 (least affluent) → Taghmon -5 (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 (Wexford), 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 9 CSO Small Areas.

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The stronger town on the data.

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