Belturbet, Co. Cavan scores 56/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €192,000 (most €143,125–€278,750), 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 September 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 €192,000, with most sales between €143,125 and €278,750 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Belturbet over the last 24 months was €192,000, most between €143,125 and €278,750 (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).
9 planning applications were lodged within Belturbet in the last 12 months, covering 76 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 September 2026.