An Cheathrú Rua, Co. Galway scores 68/100 for quality of life, #22 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €125,000 (most €87,500–€230,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 925 people live here. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 68/100 are measured across the H91 Eircode area, not An Cheathrú Rua alone — an area that takes in much of GALWAY. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
Ranked on quality of life alone — cost of living excluded, so the genuinely best areas rank top even though they cost more. Factor in price and An Cheathrú Rua is #26 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the H91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Galway). Neither is measured for An Cheathrú Rua on its own.
925 people.
Population is for An Cheathrú Rua itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around An Cheathrú Rua, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
An Cheathrú Rua, Co. Galway, scores 68/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #22 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
An Cheathrú Rua scores 61/100 on safety, ~60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in An Cheathrú Rua over the last 24 months was €125,000, most between €87,500 and €230,000 (Property Price Register).
An Cheathrú Rua is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 22% → 14% — faster than nationally.
8 planning applications were lodged within An Cheathrú Rua in the last 12 months, covering 7 residential units (58 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
An Cheathrú Rua scores 75/100 for families and community.
An Cheathrú Rua scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
An Cheathrú Rua is about 50 minutes by road from Galway.
Sale prices from the Property Price Register (rolling 24 months). Quality of Life averages seven equal-weighted dimensions from 40+ metrics across 13 public datasets (CSO census + SAPS, Garda crime, SEAI, EPA, DES schools, GTFS). Population is CSO Census 2022; the “on the up” trajectory compares 2016→2022. Figures refresh daily · an area assessment, not advice on a specific property. Updated August 2026.