Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim scores 55/100 for quality of life, #81 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €180,000 (most €134,000–€230,000), it scores 75/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,112 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
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 55/100 are measured across the N41 Eircode area, not Ballinamore alone — an area that takes in much of LEITRIM. 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 Ballinamore is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the N41 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Sligo/Leitrim). Neither is measured for Ballinamore on its own.
1,112 people.
Population is for Ballinamore 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 Ballinamore, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #81 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Ballinamore scores 75/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballinamore over the last 24 months was €180,000, with most sales between €134,000 and €230,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballinamore over the last 24 months was €180,000, most between €134,000 and €230,000 (Property Price Register).
Ballinamore is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 15% → 10%, in line with nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
New builds are rare in Ballinamore — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Ballinamore in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (47 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballinamore scores 87/100 for families and community.
Ballinamore scores 45/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Ballinamore is about 134 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 August 2026.