Ballysadare, Co. Sligo scores 62/100 for quality of life, #30 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €301,983 (most €277,250–€332,500), it scores 72/100 for safety (35.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,748 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated November 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 62/100 are measured across the F91 Eircode area, not Ballysadare alone — an area that takes in much of Sligo. 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 Ballysadare is #7 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Sligo/Leitrim). Neither is measured for Ballysadare on its own.
1,748 people.
Population is for Ballysadare 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 Ballysadare, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballysadare, Co. Sligo, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #30 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
The F91 Eircode area around Ballysadare scores 72/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Sligo/Leitrim, records ~35.5 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Ballysadare on its own.
Ballysadare is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -0.4 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -2.9 to +2.7) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Ballysadare over the last 24 months was €301,983, with most sales between €277,250 and €332,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballysadare over the last 24 months was €301,983, most between €277,250 and €332,500 (Property Price Register).
Ballysadare is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 10% → 6%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
About 32% of homes sold in Ballysadare in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
19 planning applications were lodged within Ballysadare in the last 12 months, covering 5 residential units (97 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballysadare scores 73/100 for families and community.
Ballysadare scores 50/100 for schools and education.
Ballysadare is about 118 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 November 2026.