Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo scores 67/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €170,000 (most €100,000–€215,750), it scores 82/100 for safety (26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,039 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 — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 67/100 are measured across the F35 Eircode area, not Ballyhaunis 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 F35 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Mayo). Neither is measured for Ballyhaunis on its own.
2,039 people.
Population is for Ballyhaunis itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
63rd 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 Ballyhaunis, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, scores 67/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Ballyhaunis scores 82/100 on safety, ~26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballyhaunis over the last 24 months was €170,000, most between €100,000 and €215,750 (Property Price Register).
Ballyhaunis is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 22% → 14% — faster than nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
New builds are rare in Ballyhaunis — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Ballyhaunis in the last 12 months, covering 16 residential units (64 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballyhaunis scores 84/100 for families and community.
Ballyhaunis scores 14/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Ballyhaunis is about 64 minutes by road from Galway, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.