Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan scores 60/100 for quality of life. The median home sells for €237,500 (most €160,000–€281,250), it scores 68/100 for safety (40.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 3,801 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
These seven scores and the 60/100 are measured across the A75 Eircode area, not Castleblayney alone — an area that takes in much of Monaghan. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the A75 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Castleblayney on its own.
3,801 people.
Population is for Castleblayney itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
20th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Castleblayney, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The A75 Eircode area around Castleblayney scores 68/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Cavan/Monaghan, records ~40.6 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Castleblayney on its own.
Castleblayney is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -7.7 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -10.2 to -6.6) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Castleblayney over the last 24 months was €237,500, with most sales between €160,000 and €281,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Castleblayney over the last 24 months was €237,500, most between €160,000 and €281,250 (Property Price Register).
About 2% of homes sold in Castleblayney in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
27 planning applications were lodged within Castleblayney in the last 12 months, covering 16 residential units (171 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Castleblayney scores 79/100 for families and community.
Castleblayney scores 31/100 for schools and education, with 7 schools in the area.
Castleblayney is about 84 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.