Ballybay, Co. Monaghan scores 68/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €190,000 (most €102,000–€305,000), it scores 74/100 for safety (40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,310 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
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 68/100 are measured across the A75 Eircode area, not Ballybay alone — an area that takes in much of MONAGHAN. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the A75 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Ballybay on its own.
1,310 people.
Population is for Ballybay 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 Ballybay, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, scores 68/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Ballybay scores 74/100 on safety, ~40.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballybay over the last 24 months was €190,000, most between €102,000 and €305,000 (Property Price Register).
Ballybay is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 20% → 10% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 20% of homes sold in Ballybay in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
10 planning applications were lodged within Ballybay in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (78 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballybay scores 81/100 for families and community.
Ballybay scores 32/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Ballybay is about 91 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.