Baltray, Co. Louth scores 57/100 for quality of life, #48 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €513,500 (most €411,750–€595,250), it scores 45/100 for safety (68.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 150 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 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 57/100 are measured across the A92 Eircode area, not Baltray alone — an area that takes in much of Louth. 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 Baltray is #49 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the A92 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Louth). Neither is measured for Baltray on its own.
150 people.
Population is for Baltray 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 Baltray, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Baltray, Co. Louth, scores 57/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #48 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Baltray scores 45/100 on safety, ~68.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Baltray over the last 24 months was €513,500, with most sales between €411,750 and €595,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Baltray over the last 24 months was €513,500, most between €411,750 and €595,250 (Property Price Register).
Baltray is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall.
3 planning applications were lodged within Baltray in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (25 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Baltray scores 74/100 for families and community.
Baltray scores 44/100 for schools and education.
Baltray is about 49 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.