Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan scores 56/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €225,000 (most €166,000–€278,767), it scores 74/100 for safety (40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,453 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
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 56/100 are measured across the H14 Eircode area, not Ballyconnell alone — an area that takes in much of CAVAN. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the H14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Ballyconnell on its own.
1,453 people.
Population is for Ballyconnell 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 Ballyconnell, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Ballyconnell scores 74/100 on safety, ~40.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballyconnell over the last 24 months was €225,000, most between €166,000 and €278,767 (Property Price Register).
Ballyconnell is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 0 points — lagging the national fall, prices up 18.9%.
About 10% of homes sold in Ballyconnell in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
12 planning applications were lodged within Ballyconnell in the last 12 months, covering 6 residential units (100 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballyconnell scores 82/100 for families and community.
Ballyconnell scores 18/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Ballyconnell is about 114 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.