Town comparison · Tipperary vs Wexford

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Tipperary or Wexford?

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.

Tipperary, Co. South Tipperary · E34 · 5,387 people | Wexford, Co. Wexford · Y35 · 22,366 people

Wexford is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 5 of the 7 dimensions to Tipperary’s 2.

Tipperary leads on
affordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Wexford leads on
affluenceeducation levelsschools & amenitiespublic transportsafety
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Tipperary aheadlevel or not comparableWexford ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
TipperaryWexford
iTipperary sits in E34, Wexford in Y35. 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.

Tipperary
Wexford

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.

5,387
Population
22,366

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€230k
Median sale pricelower is better
€275k
Tipperary leads
€160k – €310k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€200k – €350k
1,386
Sales (24m)
2,083
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
+37.8%
2.2%
New-build share
12.7%

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
8 prim · 5 sec
Wexford leads
Tipperary · 8 schools (largest first)
St. Ailbe's School Secondary
654 pupils · 45% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
The Abbey School Secondary
345 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St. Anne's Secondary School Secondary
284 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Josephs Primary School Primary
181 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Na Mbraithre Primary
171 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Tipperary G N S Primary
133 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Tipperary Jnr Bn S Primary
107 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Thiobraid Arann Primary
104 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Wexford · 13 schools (largest first)
Presentation Secondary School Secondary
981 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Loreto Secondary School Secondary
930 pupils · 75% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
St Peter's College Secondary
784 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Christian Brothers Secondary School Secondary
721 pupils · 70% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Selskar College (coláiste Sheilscire) Secondary
390 pupils · 40% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONALDEIS
Scoil Mhuire Coolcotts Primary
612 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Convent Of Mercy Primary
406 pupils · CatholicDEIS
S N Clochar Mhuire Primary
380 pupils · Catholic
Cbs Primary Wexford Primary
366 pupils · Catholic
Faythe Convent Primary
236 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Gaelscoil Loch Garman Primary
207 pupils · Catholic
Wexford Educate Together National School Primary
205 pupils · Multi Denominational
St Iberius N S Primary
79 pupils · Church Of Ireland
8
Creches
22
Wexford leads
1
GP practices
12
Wexford leads
7
Pharmacies
19
Wexford leads
0
Hospitals
3
Wexford leads
7
Bus stops
94
Wexford leads
1
Rail / Luas stops
1
7
Gyms & leisure
25
Wexford leads
5
Parks & playgrounds
15
Wexford leads
25
Sports pitches
71
Wexford 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
42
Wexford leads
4
Cafés
35
Wexford leads
12
Pubs & bars
42
Wexford leads
6
Takeaways
28
Wexford leads
0
Nightclubs
0
1
Cinema & theatre
5
Wexford leads
168
Residents per venuelower is better
147
Wexford leads

Tipperary is a small town and Wexford is a large 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.

6
Supermarkets
10
Wexford leads
8
Convenience shops
19
Wexford leads
4
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
9
Wexford leads
3
Banks
5
Wexford leads
1
Post offices
1
15
Hairdressers
43
Wexford leads
2
Dentists
15
Wexford leads
3
Vets
3
6
Filling stations
12
Wexford leads
4
EV charging
28
Wexford leads
5
Library & community centre
11
Wexford leads
95
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
143
Tipperary 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.

39m · ~55 rush
Limericklower is better
160m · ~180 rush
Tipperary leads
82m · ~95 rush
Waterfordlower is better
50m · ~65 rush
Wexford leads
77m · ~100 rush
Corklower is better
147m · ~170 rush
Tipperary leads
136m · ~170 rush
Dublinlower is better
107m · ~140 rush
Wexford leads
110m · ~135 rush
Galwaylower is better
222m · ~245 rush
Tipperary leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-14.1
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-6.3
Wexford leads
Tipperary · 6 EDs, poorest → richest
-22Tipperary East UrbanVery disadvantaged
-17Tipperary East UrbanVery disadvantaged
-15Tipperary West UrbanDisadvantaged
-7Tipperary West UrbanBelow average
-6Tipperary RuralBelow average
-4Tipperary RuralBelow average
Wexford · 10 EDs, poorest → richest
-13Wexford No. 2 UrbanDisadvantaged
-6DrinaghBelow average
-6Wexford No. 1 UrbanBelow average
-5Wexford RuralBelow average
-5ArdcavanBelow average
-4DrinaghBelow average
-4Wexford No. 3 UrbanBelow average
+0ArdcavanAbove average
+0CarrickAbove average
+1CarrickAbove average
21.4%
Third-level educated
32.6%
Wexford leads
21.8%
Professional class
31.8%
Wexford leads
20.1%
Unemploymentlower is better
11.3%
Wexford leads
55.3%
Owner-occupier
60.3%
Wexford leads
20.8%
Private rental
22.1%
19.0%
Social housing (LA)
13.3%

Liveability & safety

AREA · E34 / Y35

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (Tipperary → E34, Wexford → Y35); safety & crime are the Tipperary Garda division.

66/100
Quality of Life
64/100
Tipperary leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (E34 / 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.

TipperaryWexfordOverall (avg)
Safety66566464
Affordability10094
Infrastructure8968
Family7570
Education2638
Environment8282
Economic3233
020406080100020406080100
#35
National ranklower is better
#58
Tipperary leads
#2
County ranklower is better
#1
Wexford leads
56/100
Safety
64/100
Wexford leads
64.9
Crime / 1,000lower is better
52.9
Wexford 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.

Tipperary Disadvantaged-14.1
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Tipperary East Urban -22 (least affluent) → Tipperary Rural -4 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Wexford Below average-6.3
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Wexford No. 2 Urban -13 (least affluent) → Carrick +1 (most affluent). It straddles 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 119 CSO Small Areas.

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