Culdaff, Co. Donegal scores 46/100 for quality of life, #106 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €167,000 (most €138,000–€263,500), it scores 71/100 for safety (44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 150 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated September 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 46/100 are measured across the F93 Eircode area, not Culdaff alone — an area that takes in much of DONEGAL. 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 Culdaff is #101 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F93 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Donegal). Neither is measured for Culdaff on its own.
150 people.
Population is for Culdaff 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 Culdaff, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Culdaff, Co. Donegal, scores 46/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #106 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Culdaff scores 71/100 on safety, ~44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Culdaff over the last 24 months was €167,000, with most sales between €138,000 and €263,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Culdaff over the last 24 months was €167,000, most between €138,000 and €263,500 (Property Price Register).
Culdaff is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 17% → 10% — faster than nationally.
Culdaff scores 80/100 for families and community.
Culdaff scores 17/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Culdaff is about 237 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 September 2026.