Belmont, Co. Offaly scores 65/100 for quality of life, #38 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €292,000 (most €206,250–€352,250), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 179 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
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 Belmont is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
179 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Belmont, Co. Offaly, scores 65/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #38 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Belmont scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Belmont over the last 24 months was €292,000, most between €206,250 and €352,250 (Property Price Register).
Belmont is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 13% → 9%, in line with nationally.
Belmont scores 64/100 for families and community.
Belmont scores 55/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Belmont is about 82 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.