Castlerea, Co. Roscommon scores 54/100 for quality of life, #86 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €160,000 (most €120,000–€221,000), it scores 77/100 for safety (35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,348 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
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 54/100 are measured across the F45 Eircode area, not Castlerea alone — an area that takes in much of ROSCOMMON. 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 Castlerea is #81 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F45 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Roscommon/Longford). Neither is measured for Castlerea on its own.
2,348 people.
Population is for Castlerea itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
123rd 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 Castlerea, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, scores 54/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #86 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Castlerea scores 77/100 on safety, ~35.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Castlerea over the last 24 months was €160,000, most between €120,000 and €221,000 (Property Price Register).
Castlerea is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 21% → 13% — faster than nationally, prices up 40.5%.
New builds are rare in Castlerea — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
16 planning applications were lodged within Castlerea in the last 12 months, covering 5 residential units (96 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Castlerea scores 88/100 for families and community.
Castlerea scores 18/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Castlerea is about 77 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.