Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon scores 54/100 for quality of life, #86 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €190,000 (most €116,250–€233,750), it scores 77/100 for safety (35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 343 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated September 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 54/100 are measured across the F45 Eircode area, not Ballinlough alone — an area that takes in much of ROSCOMMON. 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 Ballinlough is #81 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F45 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Roscommon/Longford). Neither is measured for Ballinlough on its own.
343 people.
Population is for Ballinlough 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 Ballinlough, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon, scores 54/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #86 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Ballinlough scores 77/100 on safety, ~35.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballinlough over the last 24 months was €190,000, with most sales between €116,250 and €233,750 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballinlough over the last 24 months was €190,000, most between €116,250 and €233,750 (Property Price Register).
Ballinlough is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, recorded crime falling.
About 3% of homes sold in Ballinlough in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
21 planning applications were lodged within Ballinlough in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (33 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballinlough scores 88/100 for families and community.
Ballinlough scores 18/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Ballinlough is about 68 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 September 2026.