Belturbet, Co. Cavan scores 56/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €187,000 (most €130,000–€275,000), it scores 74/100 for safety (40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,491 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
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 56/100 are measured across the H14 Eircode area, not Belturbet alone — an area that takes in much of CAVAN. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the H14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Belturbet on its own.
1,491 people.
Population is for Belturbet 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 Belturbet, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Belturbet, Co. Cavan, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Belturbet scores 74/100 on safety, ~40.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Belturbet over the last 24 months was €187,000, most between €130,000 and €275,000 (Property Price Register).
Belturbet is rated "On the up — emerging" — recorded crime falling.
About 3% of homes sold in Belturbet in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
12 planning applications were lodged within Belturbet in the last 12 months, covering 79 residential units (81 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Belturbet scores 82/100 for families and community.
Belturbet scores 18/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Belturbet is about 106 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 August 2026.