Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo scores 64/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €241,500 (most €150,000–€280,485), it scores 74/100 for safety (32.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 2,579 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated November 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 64/100 are measured across the F31 Eircode area, not Ballinrobe alone — an area that takes in much of Mayo. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the F31 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Mayo). Neither is measured for Ballinrobe on its own.
2,579 people.
Population is for Ballinrobe itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
104th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Ballinrobe, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, scores 64/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The F31 Eircode area around Ballinrobe scores 74/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Mayo, records ~32.2 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Ballinrobe on its own.
Ballinrobe is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -5.3 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -6.7 to -3.9) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Ballinrobe over the last 24 months was €241,500, with most sales between €150,000 and €280,485 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballinrobe over the last 24 months was €241,500, most between €150,000 and €280,485 (Property Price Register).
Ballinrobe is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 15% → 10%, in line with nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 17% of homes sold in Ballinrobe in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
11 planning applications were lodged within Ballinrobe in the last 12 months, covering 7 residential units (85 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballinrobe scores 85/100 for families and community.
Ballinrobe scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Ballinrobe is about 49 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 November 2026.