Carney, Co. Sligo scores 66/100 for quality of life, #29 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €270,000 (most €252,500–€288,500), it scores 75/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 373 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 66/100 are measured across the F91 Eircode area, not Carney alone — an area that takes in much of SLIGO. 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 Carney is #10 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Sligo/Leitrim). Neither is measured for Carney on its own.
373 people.
Population is for Carney 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 Carney, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Carney, Co. Sligo, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #29 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Carney scores 75/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Carney over the last 24 months was €270,000, with most sales between €252,500 and €288,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Carney over the last 24 months was €270,000, most between €252,500 and €288,500 (Property Price Register).
Carney is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 10% → 5%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
Carney scores 75/100 for families and community.
Carney scores 52/100 for schools and education.
Carney is about 133 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.