Bellavary, Co. Mayo scores 59/100 for quality of life, #63 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €280,496 (most €233,000–€340,308), it scores 82/100 for safety (26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 191 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and safety, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 59/100 are measured across the F23 Eircode area, not Bellavary alone — an area that takes in much of MAYO. 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 Bellavary is #50 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F23 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Mayo). Neither is measured for Bellavary on its own.
191 people.
Population is for Bellavary 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 Bellavary, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Bellavary, Co. Mayo, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #63 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and safety.
Bellavary scores 82/100 on safety, ~26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Bellavary over the last 24 months was €280,496, most between €233,000 and €340,308 (Property Price Register).
Bellavary is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 10% → 6%, in line with nationally.
3 planning applications were lodged within Bellavary in the last 12 months (10 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Bellavary scores 79/100 for families and community.
Bellavary scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Bellavary is about 81 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.