Ballinacarrow, Co. Sligo scores 71/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €229,225 (most €189,427–€255,100), it scores 75/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 220 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 71/100 are measured across the F56 Eircode area, not Ballinacarrow alone — an area that takes in much of SLIGO. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the F56 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Sligo/Leitrim). Neither is measured for Ballinacarrow on its own.
220 people.
Population is for Ballinacarrow 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 Ballinacarrow, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballinacarrow, Co. Sligo, scores 71/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Ballinacarrow scores 75/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballinacarrow over the last 24 months was €229,225, with most sales between €189,427 and €255,100 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballinacarrow over the last 24 months was €229,225, most between €189,427 and €255,100 (Property Price Register).
Ballinacarrow is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall.
Ballinacarrow scores 86/100 for families and community.
Ballinacarrow scores 22/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballinacarrow is about 106 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.