Coolaney, Co. Sligo scores 71/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €211,500 (most €160,500–€274,531), it scores 75/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,155 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on schools & education.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 71/100 are measured across the F56 Eircode area, not Coolaney alone — an area that takes in much of Sligo. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the F56 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Sligo/Leitrim). Neither is measured for Coolaney on its own.
1,155 people.
Population is for Coolaney 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 Coolaney, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Coolaney, Co. Sligo, scores 71/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Coolaney scores 75/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Coolaney over the last 24 months was €211,500, with most sales between €160,500 and €274,531 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Coolaney over the last 24 months was €211,500, most between €160,500 and €274,531 (Property Price Register).
Coolaney is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 8% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 17% of homes sold in Coolaney in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
1 planning application was lodged within Coolaney in the last 12 months (15 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Coolaney scores 86/100 for families and community.
Coolaney scores 22/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Coolaney is about 112 minutes by road from Galway.
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.