Ballylinan, Co. Laois scores 46/100 for quality of life, #100 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €309,185 (most €255,875–€320,154), it scores 62/100 for safety (46.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,167 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 — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 46/100 are measured across the R14 Eircode area, not Ballylinan alone — an area that takes in much of Laois. 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 Ballylinan is #95 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Ballylinan on its own.
1,167 people.
Population is for Ballylinan 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 Ballylinan, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballylinan, Co. Laois, scores 46/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #100 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The R14 Eircode area around Ballylinan scores 62/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Kildare, records ~46.9 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Ballylinan on its own.
Ballylinan is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -5.9 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -8.4 to -3.4) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Ballylinan over the last 24 months was €309,185, with most sales between €255,875 and €320,154 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballylinan over the last 24 months was €309,185, most between €255,875 and €320,154 (Property Price Register).
Ballylinan is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 15% → 8% — faster than nationally.
8 planning applications were lodged within Ballylinan in the last 12 months, covering 126 residential units (35 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballylinan scores 72/100 for families and community.
Ballylinan scores 32/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballylinan is about 69 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 October 2026.