Gort An Choirce, Co. Donegal scores 66/100 for quality of life, #29 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €165,000 (most €147,500–€200,000), it scores 68/100 for safety (48.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 180 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
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 66/100 are measured across the V95 Eircode area, not Gort An Choirce 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 Gort An Choirce is #18 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V95 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Clare). Neither is measured for Gort An Choirce on its own.
180 people.
Population is for Gort An Choirce 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 Gort An Choirce, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Gort An Choirce, Co. Donegal, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #29 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Gort An Choirce scores 68/100 on safety, ~48.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Gort An Choirce over the last 24 months was €165,000, most between €147,500 and €200,000 (Property Price Register).
Gort An Choirce is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 30% → 15% — faster than nationally.
1 planning application was lodged within Gort An Choirce in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (13 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Gort An Choirce scores 81/100 for families and community.
Gort An Choirce scores 52/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Gort An Choirce is about 232 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 August 2026.