Ballinalack, Co. Westmeath scores 53/100 for quality of life, #91 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks. The median home sells for €264,000 (most €252,500–€297,250), it scores 31/100 for safety (99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 161 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on safety.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
These seven scores and the 53/100 are measured across the N91 Eircode area, not Ballinalack alone — an area that takes in much of Westmeath. 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 Ballinalack is #89 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the N91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Westmeath). Neither is measured for Ballinalack on its own.
161 people.
Population is for Ballinalack 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 Ballinalack, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballinalack, Co. Westmeath, scores 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #91 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Ballinalack scores 31/100 on safety, ~99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballinalack over the last 24 months was €264,000, with most sales between €252,500 and €297,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballinalack over the last 24 months was €264,000, most between €252,500 and €297,250 (Property Price Register).
2 planning applications were lodged within Ballinalack in the last 12 months (12 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballinalack scores 79/100 for families and community.
Ballinalack scores 39/100 for schools and education.
Ballinalack is about 72 minutes by road from Dublin.
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 October 2026.