Claremorris, Co. Mayo scores 56/100 for quality of life, #52 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €230,000 (most €159,000–€294,500), it scores 74/100 for safety (32.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 3,065 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated November 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 56/100 are measured across the F12 Eircode area, not Claremorris 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 Claremorris is #38 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F12 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Mayo). Neither is measured for Claremorris on its own.
3,065 people.
Population is for Claremorris itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
71st 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 Claremorris, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Claremorris, Co. Mayo, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #52 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The F12 Eircode area around Claremorris scores 74/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Mayo, records ~32.2 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Claremorris on its own.
Claremorris is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -3.0 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -5.3 to -0.8) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Claremorris over the last 24 months was €230,000, with most sales between €159,000 and €294,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Claremorris over the last 24 months was €230,000, most between €159,000 and €294,500 (Property Price Register).
Claremorris is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 8%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally.
New builds are rare in Claremorris — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
16 planning applications were lodged within Claremorris in the last 12 months, covering 6 residential units (117 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Claremorris scores 85/100 for families and community.
Claremorris scores 27/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Claremorris is about 58 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 November 2026.