Ballymore, Co. Westmeath scores 53/100 for quality of life, #91 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €280,000 (most €239,000–€342,500), it scores 31/100 for safety (99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 735 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on safety.
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 53/100 are measured across the N91 Eircode area, not Ballymore alone — an area that takes in much of WESTMEATH. 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 Ballymore is #89 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the N91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Westmeath). Neither is measured for Ballymore on its own.
735 people.
Population is for Ballymore 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 Ballymore, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballymore, Co. Westmeath, scores 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #91 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Ballymore scores 31/100 on safety, ~99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballymore over the last 24 months was €280,000, most between €239,000 and €342,500 (Property Price Register).
Ballymore is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 14% → 11%, in line with nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
2 planning applications were lodged within Ballymore in the last 12 months (35 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballymore scores 79/100 for families and community.
Ballymore scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballymore is about 82 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 August 2026.