Ballymote, Co. Sligo scores 71/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €180,000 (most €120,000–€237,000), it scores 75/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,004 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 — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 71/100 are measured across the F56 Eircode area, not Ballymote alone — an area that takes in much of SLIGO. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the F56 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Sligo/Leitrim). Neither is measured for Ballymote on its own.
2,004 people.
Population is for Ballymote itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
81st 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 Ballymote, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballymote, Co. Sligo, scores 71/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Ballymote scores 75/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballymote over the last 24 months was €180,000, most between €120,000 and €237,000 (Property Price Register).
Ballymote is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 20% → 9% — faster than nationally.
About 2% of homes sold in Ballymote in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
6 planning applications were lodged within Ballymote in the last 12 months, covering 75 residential units (70 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballymote scores 86/100 for families and community.
Ballymote scores 22/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Ballymote is about 109 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.