Ballycastle, Co. Mayo scores 49/100 for quality of life, #86 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €110,000 (most €55,000–€230,000), it scores 74/100 for safety (32.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 220 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 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 49/100 are measured across the F26 Eircode area, not Ballycastle alone — an area that takes in much of Mayo. 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 Ballycastle is #75 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F26 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Mayo). Neither is measured for Ballycastle on its own.
220 people.
Population is for Ballycastle 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 Ballycastle, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, scores 49/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #86 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Ballycastle scores 74/100 on safety, ~32.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballycastle over the last 24 months was €110,000, with most sales between €55,000 and €230,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballycastle over the last 24 months was €110,000, most between €55,000 and €230,000 (Property Price Register).
Ballycastle is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 17% → 13%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
3 planning applications were lodged within Ballycastle in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (19 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballycastle scores 81/100 for families and community.
Ballycastle scores 14/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballycastle is about 133 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 October 2026.