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The town, home to 850 people, lies in Co. Roscommon. The population grew 19% between 2016 and 2022.
A typical home sold for €172,200, or 4.6 years of the town’s median household income. 29 of its buildings are on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Households here earn a median €37,550 a year, before tax. Over-65s are 22% of the population.
Strokestown isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Strokestown does most differently from other towns.
1 archaeological site are on the record here too.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Strokestown.
The ground under Strokestown carries no high landslide susceptibility. Under 1% of homes locally are estimated to have radon above the reference level. Its homes mostly stand clear of low ground by water.
| Share of homes | Strokestown | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | – | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | – | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Averaged across the seasons, Strokestown sits at 9.7°C. Here July highs average 19.4°C, below Irish towns (19.9°C). This Co. Roscommon town gets 1,083 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Strokestown | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.0°C | – | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.7°C | – | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.4°C | – | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,083 mm | – | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 3% of the town. Allowing for its ages, Strokestown has 132 residents in bad health per 100 expected, higher than Irish towns (113). Just over four fifths of people in Strokestown rate their own health good or very good.
| Census 2022 | Strokestown | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | – | 88% |
| With a disability | 31% | – | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3% | – | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.9% | – | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
53% of households own their home, below Irish towns (61%). Private renters make up just over a fifth of households, close to Irish towns (22%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €165,000 | 87 |
| Housing | Strokestown | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €172K | – | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 23% | – | 13% |
| Households owning their home | 53% | – | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Strokestown has a single park, with 6 ha of green space in all. Its paths and tracks come to 0.1 km per km², lower than Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). 83% of homes are a short walk (400 m) from green space.
| Outdoors | Strokestown | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 0.1 km per km² | – | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 83% | – | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 3.3% | – | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
62% of 15 to 64s were in work, below Irish towns (68%). A trip to work takes 24.5 min on average. At the census, 14% of commuters got to work without a car.
| Census 2022 | Strokestown | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 46% | – | 31% |
| Median household income | €37,550 | – | €57,760 |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 62% | – | 68% |
| Unemployment rate | 13% | – | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than Irish towns (12%). Nearly a fifth of residents have a birthplace overseas.
52.8% of Strokestown’s residents are women
449 women and 401 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Strokestown | Co. Roscommon | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | – | 20% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | – | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | – | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | – | 24% |
| 65+ | 22% | – | 14% |
| Primary or none | 13% | – | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 15% | – | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 40% | – | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 8.2% | – | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 24% | – | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Roscommon and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Nearly two thirds of voters cast a ballot at the general election. Strokestown is run by Roscommon County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government. Also worth knowing: with 7 of 18 seats, Independent are the largest group on Roscommon County Council, short of the 10 a majority needs.
| Turnout | Strokestown | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 60% | – | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 66% | – | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
12.5% of homes date from before 1919. Beneath and around the town lie 1 recorded archaeological sites. One recorded monument or archaeological site lies here.
| Heritage | Strokestown | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 341 | – | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 12.5% | – | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 1 | – | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Scoil Mhuire is the nearest secondary school, 0.5 km away. Within 3 km of Strokestown there are 3 schools (2 primary schools and 1 secondary school). DEIS, the support scheme, covers 33% of them, about level with Irish towns (35%).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Primary Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 136 | Catholic |
| Scoil MhuireLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 671 | Catholic |
| S.N. Naomh Padraig DEISIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 44 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Strokestown | Co. Roscommon | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | – | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | – | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +13% | – | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Strokestown. Best known first.
Historic houseStrokestown Parkin town
MuseumThe National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park200 m outside town, to the southeastGardenGardenStrokestown House Gardens300 m outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Strokestown’s built heritage counts 29 inventory entries, each of regional standing. One recorded monument or archaeological site lies here.
3 notable people were born in Strokestown.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strokestown | 850 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lanesborough-Ballyleague Longford | 1,733 | 14 | — | B+ | A− | C |
| Roscommon | 6,555 | 18 | A− | B+ | A− | B |
| Carrick-On-Shannon Leitrim | 4,743 | 19 | B− | B+ | C− | B− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Strokestown had 850 people at the 2022 census, up from 715 in 2016: 18.9% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Strokestown is 44, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Roscommon
850 people live in Strokestown, in the area of Roscommon County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).