Bearna, Co. Galway scores 68/100 for quality of life, #22 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €378,855 (most €355,724–€568,282), it scores 61/100 for safety (60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,187 people live here. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
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 68/100 are measured across the H91 Eircode area, not Bearna alone — an area that takes in much of GALWAY. 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 Bearna is #26 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the H91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Galway). Neither is measured for Bearna on its own.
1,187 people.
Population is for Bearna 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 Bearna, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Bearna, Co. Galway, scores 68/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #22 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
Bearna scores 61/100 on safety, ~60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Bearna over the last 24 months was €378,855, most between €355,724 and €568,282 (Property Price Register).
Bearna is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 17% → 5% — faster than nationally.
About 67% of homes sold in Bearna in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
18 planning applications were lodged within Bearna in the last 12 months, covering 14 residential units (107 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Bearna scores 75/100 for families and community.
Bearna scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Bearna is about 14 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.