Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath scores 53/100 for quality of life, #91 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €250,000 (most €195,000–€299,780), it scores 31/100 for safety (99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 821 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on safety.
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 53/100 are measured across the N91 Eircode area, not Castlepollard alone — an area that takes in much of WESTMEATH. 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 Castlepollard is #89 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the N91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Westmeath). Neither is measured for Castlepollard on its own.
821 people.
Population is for Castlepollard 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 Castlepollard, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, scores 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #91 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Castlepollard scores 31/100 on safety, ~99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Castlepollard over the last 24 months was €250,000, most between €195,000 and €299,780 (Property Price Register).
Castlepollard is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 23% → 14% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 15% of homes sold in Castlepollard in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
6 planning applications were lodged within Castlepollard in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (29 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Castlepollard scores 79/100 for families and community.
Castlepollard scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Castlepollard is about 81 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 August 2026.