Ballynacargy, Co. Westmeath scores 53/100 for quality of life, #91 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €255,000 (most €142,500–€296,000), it scores 31/100 for safety (99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 215 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 — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
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 Ballynacargy is #89 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
215 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Ballynacargy, 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.
Ballynacargy scores 31/100 on safety, ~99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballynacargy over the last 24 months was €255,000, most between €142,500 and €296,000 (Property Price Register).
Ballynacargy is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 22% → 12% — faster than nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
Ballynacargy scores 79/100 for families and community.
Ballynacargy scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballynacargy is about 81 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.