An Clochán Liath, Co. Donegal scores 50/100 for quality of life, #103 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €160,000 (most €79,250–€195,000), it scores 71/100 for safety (44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,247 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 50/100 are measured across the F94 Eircode area, not An Clochán Liath alone — an area that takes in much of DONEGAL. 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 Clochán Liath is #93 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F94 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Donegal). Neither is measured for An Clochán Liath on its own.
1,247 people.
Population is for An Clochán Liath 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 Clochán Liath, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
An Clochán Liath, Co. Donegal, scores 50/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #103 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
An Clochán Liath scores 71/100 on safety, ~44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in An Clochán Liath over the last 24 months was €160,000, most between €79,250 and €195,000 (Property Price Register).
An Clochán Liath is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 18% → 12%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
15 planning applications were lodged within An Clochán Liath in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (101 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
An Clochán Liath scores 83/100 for families and community.
An Clochán Liath scores 20/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
An Clochán Liath is about 225 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.