Corrofin, Co. Galway scores 49/100 for quality of life, #89 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €406,000 (most €311,750–€410,500), it scores 67/100 for safety (43.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 509 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 49/100 are measured across the H54 Eircode area, not Corrofin alone — an area that takes in much of Galway. 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 Corrofin is #86 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the H54 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Galway). Neither is measured for Corrofin on its own.
509 people.
Population is for Corrofin 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 Corrofin, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Corrofin, Co. Galway, scores 49/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #89 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Corrofin scores 67/100 on safety, ~43.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Corrofin over the last 24 months was €406,000, with most sales between €311,750 and €410,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Corrofin over the last 24 months was €406,000, most between €311,750 and €410,500 (Property Price Register).
Corrofin is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 9% → 5%, in line with nationally.
3 planning applications were lodged within Corrofin in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (15 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Corrofin scores 82/100 for families and community.
Corrofin scores 37/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Corrofin is about 47 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.