Castlebar, Co. Mayo scores 59/100 for quality of life, #63 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €265,000 (most €206,313–€330,396), it scores 82/100 for safety (26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 12,267 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 — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 59/100 are measured across the F23 Eircode area, not Castlebar 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 Castlebar 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 Castlebar on its own.
12,267 people.
Population is for Castlebar itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
19th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Ranked against large towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Castlebar, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Castlebar, 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.
Castlebar scores 82/100 on safety, ~26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Castlebar over the last 24 months was €265,000, most between €206,313 and €330,396 (Property Price Register).
Castlebar is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 17% → 11% — faster than nationally, prices up 81.0%.
About 17% of homes sold in Castlebar in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
52 planning applications were lodged within Castlebar in the last 12 months, covering 202 residential units (415 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Castlebar scores 79/100 for families and community.
Castlebar scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 8 schools in the area.
Castlebar is about 74 minutes by road from Galway, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.