Castlebellingham-Kilsaran, Co. Louth scores 50/100 for quality of life, #84 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €333,000 (most €250,000–€412,000), it scores 45/100 for safety (68.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,232 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 50/100 are measured across the A91 Eircode area, not Castlebellingham-Kilsaran alone — an area that takes in much of Louth. 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 Castlebellingham-Kilsaran is #75 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the A91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Louth). Neither is measured for Castlebellingham-Kilsaran on its own.
1,232 people.
Population is for Castlebellingham-Kilsaran 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 Castlebellingham-Kilsaran, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Castlebellingham-Kilsaran, Co. Louth, scores 50/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #84 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The A91 Eircode area around Castlebellingham-Kilsaran scores 45/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Louth, records ~68.6 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Castlebellingham-Kilsaran on its own.
Castlebellingham-Kilsaran is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -6.0 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -6.6 to -5.3) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Castlebellingham-Kilsaran over the last 24 months was €333,000, with most sales between €250,000 and €412,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Castlebellingham-Kilsaran over the last 24 months was €333,000, most between €250,000 and €412,000 (Property Price Register).
Castlebellingham-Kilsaran is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 15% → 9% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise.
8 planning applications were lodged within Castlebellingham-Kilsaran in the last 12 months, covering 30 residential units (66 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Castlebellingham-Kilsaran scores 74/100 for families and community.
Castlebellingham-Kilsaran scores 37/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Castlebellingham-Kilsaran is about 54 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 October 2026.