Galway, Co. Galway City scores 68/100 for quality of life, #22 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks. The median home sells for €400,881 (most €325,000–€482,250), it scores 61/100 for safety (60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 163,289 people live here. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
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 Galway is #26 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
163,289 people.
Galway, Co. Galway City, scores 68/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #22 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
Galway scores 61/100 on safety, ~60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Galway over the last 24 months was €400,881, most between €325,000 and €482,250 (Property Price Register).
About 4% of homes sold in Galway in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
Galway scores 75/100 for families and community.
Galway scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 38 schools in the area.
Galway is about 3 minutes by road from Galway, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.