Town comparison · Sligo vs Tubbercurry

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Sligo or Tubbercurry?

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.

Sligo, Co. Sligo · F91 · 19,522 people | Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo · F91 · 2,307 people

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

Sligo leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transport
Tubbercurry leads on
access to its nearest city
32128

Sligo aheadlevel or not comparableTubbercurry ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
SligoTubbercurry
iBoth towns sit in the same Eircode area F91 — 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.

Sligo
Tubbercurry

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.

19,522
Population
2,307

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€253k
Median sale pricelower is better
€185k
Tubbercurry leads
€179k – €335k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€134k – €221k
1,216
Sales (24m)
96
+18.4%
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
14.1%
New-build share
0.0%

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.

9 prim · 5 sec
Schools
2 prim · 1 sec
Sligo leads
Sligo · 14 schools (largest first)
Summerhill College Secondary
1,108 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Mercy College Secondary
676 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Ursuline College Secondary
632 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Sligo Grammar School Secondary
495 pupils · 85% to 3rd-level · CHURCH OF IRELANDFee-paying
Ballinode College Secondary
246 pupils · 35% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
S N Ursula Primary
444 pupils · Catholic
Our Lady Of Mercy N S Primary
437 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Carraroe N S Primary
403 pupils · Catholic
Scoil Eoin Naofa Primary
263 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Chnoc Na Re Primary
211 pupils · Catholic
Carbury National School Primary
211 pupils · Church Of Ireland
St Edwards N S Primary
204 pupils · CatholicDEIS
St Brendans Ns Primary
185 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Sligo Project School Primary
47 pupils · Multi DenominationalDEIS
Tubbercurry · 3 schools (largest first)
St Attracta's Community School Secondary
710 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · INTER DENOMINATIONAL
Holy Family School Primary
198 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Muire Gan Smal Primary
87 pupils · Catholic
31
Creches
3
Sligo leads
3
GP practices
1
Sligo leads
15
Pharmacies
2
Sligo leads
5
Hospitals
0
Sligo leads
102
Bus stops
4
Sligo leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
0
Sligo leads
21
Gyms & leisure
2
Sligo leads
15
Parks & playgrounds
1
Sligo leads
63
Sports pitches
11
Sligo 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.

22
Restaurants
0
Sligo leads
21
Cafés
0
Sligo leads
39
Pubs & bars
4
Sligo leads
15
Takeaways
1
Sligo leads
3
Nightclubs
0
Sligo leads
4
Cinema & theatre
0
Sligo leads
188
Residents per venuelower is better
461
Sligo leads

Sligo is a large town and Tubbercurry is a small town, so their national rankings aren’t like-for-like — each is ranked only against places of its own size. Compare them on the residents-per-venue row instead.

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
1
Sligo leads
21
Convenience shops
4
Sligo leads
10
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
1
Sligo leads
6
Banks
2
Sligo leads
3
Post offices
0
Sligo leads
9
Hairdressers
3
Sligo leads
3
Dentists
1
Sligo leads
3
Vets
0
Sligo leads
11
Filling stations
4
Sligo leads
7
EV charging
1
Sligo leads
7
Library & community centre
1
Sligo leads
222
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
128
Tubbercurry 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.

122m · ~145 rush
Galwaylower is better
91m · ~115 rush
Tubbercurry leads
168m · ~185 rush
Limericklower is better
137m · ~155 rush
Tubbercurry leads
164m · ~200 rush
Dublinlower is better
168m · ~205 rush
Sligo leads
247m · ~270 rush
Corklower is better
217m · ~240 rush
Tubbercurry leads
239m · ~255 rush
Waterfordlower is better
229m · ~245 rush
Tubbercurry leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-6.2
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.6
Sligo leads
Sligo · 10 EDs, poorest → richest
-13Sligo NorthDisadvantaged
-11Sligo EastDisadvantaged
-8Sligo EastBelow average
-6Sligo WestBelow average
-6Sligo NorthBelow average
-2Sligo WestBelow average
0KilmacowenBelow average
+4KnockareeAbove average
+4KilmacowenAffluent
+6KnockareeAffluent
Tubbercurry · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9TobercurryDisadvantaged
-6TobercurryBelow average
37.4%
Third-level educated
31.8%
Sligo leads
29.8%
Professional class
31.3%
Tubbercurry leads
15.5%
Unemploymentlower is better
16.7%
Sligo leads
50.4%
Owner-occupier
60.0%
Tubbercurry leads
29.5%
Private rental
24.4%
16.1%
Social housing (LA)
12.2%

Liveability & safety

AREA · F91 / F91

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (SligoF91, TubbercurryF91); safety & crime are the Sligo/Leitrim Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

71/100
Quality of Life
71/100

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

SligoTubbercurryOverall (avg)
Safety71757175
Affordability100100
Infrastructure6969
Family7575
Education5252
Environment8282
Economic4545
020406080100020406080100
#10
National rank
#10
#1
County rank
#1
75/100
Safety
75/100
37.3
Crime / 1,000
37.3

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.

Sligo Below average-6.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Sligo North -13 (least affluent) → Knockaree +6 (most affluent). It straddles the national average.
Tubbercurry Below average-7.6
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tobercurry -9 (least affluent) → Tobercurry -6 (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 91 CSO Small Areas.

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