Dunmore, Co. Galway scores 52/100 for quality of life, #94 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €270,000 (most €166,000–€355,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 571 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 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 52/100 are measured across the H54 Eircode area, not Dunmore 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 Dunmore is #89 of 108 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 Dunmore on its own.
571 people.
Population is for Dunmore 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 Dunmore, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Dunmore, Co. Galway, scores 52/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #94 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Dunmore scores 61/100 on safety, ~60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Dunmore over the last 24 months was €270,000, most between €166,000 and €355,000 (Property Price Register).
Dunmore is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 11% → 8%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 10 points — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Dunmore — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
3 planning applications were lodged within Dunmore in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (42 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Dunmore scores 84/100 for families and community.
Dunmore scores 40/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Dunmore is about 47 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.