Bellanode, Co. Monaghan scores 55/100 for quality of life, #57 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €252,000 (most €239,500–€259,000), it scores 68/100 for safety (40.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 182 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated November 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 55/100 are measured across the H18 Eircode area, not Bellanode alone — an area that takes in much of Monaghan. 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 Bellanode is #49 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the H18 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Bellanode on its own.
182 people.
Population is for Bellanode 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 Bellanode, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Bellanode, Co. Monaghan, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #57 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The H18 Eircode area around Bellanode scores 68/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Cavan/Monaghan, records ~40.6 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Bellanode on its own.
Bellanode is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -4.5 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -5.4 to -3.6) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Bellanode over the last 24 months was €252,000, with most sales between €239,500 and €259,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Bellanode over the last 24 months was €252,000, most between €239,500 and €259,000 (Property Price Register).
Bellanode is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 13% → 9%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
Bellanode scores 79/100 for families and community.
Bellanode scores 42/100 for schools and education.
Bellanode is about 108 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 November 2026.