Dromore West, Co. Sligo scores 62/100 for quality of life, #45 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €222,500 (most €161,250–€265,250), it scores 82/100 for safety (26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 292 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 62/100 are measured across the F26 Eircode area, not Dromore West alone — an area that takes in much of SLIGO. 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 Dromore West is #28 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F26 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Mayo). Neither is measured for Dromore West on its own.
292 people.
Population is for Dromore West 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 Dromore West, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Dromore West, Co. Sligo, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #45 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Dromore West scores 82/100 on safety, ~26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Dromore West over the last 24 months was €222,500, with most sales between €161,250 and €265,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Dromore West over the last 24 months was €222,500, most between €161,250 and €265,250 (Property Price Register).
Dromore West is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment rose 11% → 12% — lagging the national fall.
2 planning applications were lodged within Dromore West in the last 12 months (13 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Dromore West scores 83/100 for families and community.
Dromore West scores 16/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Dromore West is about 127 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 August 2026.