Grange, Co. Sligo scores 62/100 for quality of life, #30 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €369,000 (most €297,500–€475,000), it scores 72/100 for safety (35.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 741 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — and pulling ahead of the national trend.
These seven scores and the 62/100 are measured across the F91 Eircode area, not Grange 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 Grange is #7 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Sligo/Leitrim). Neither is measured for Grange on its own.
741 people.
Population is for Grange 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 Grange, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Grange, Co. Sligo, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #30 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
The F91 Eircode area around Grange scores 72/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Sligo/Leitrim, records ~35.5 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Grange on its own.
Grange is rated "above average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging +1.6 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range 0.0 to +3.2) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Grange over the last 24 months was €369,000, with most sales between €297,500 and €475,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Grange over the last 24 months was €369,000, most between €297,500 and €475,000 (Property Price Register).
Grange is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 11% → 6%, in line with nationally, recorded crime falling.
16 planning applications were lodged within Grange in the last 12 months, covering 120 residential units (64 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Grange scores 73/100 for families and community.
Grange scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Grange is about 11 minutes by road from Cork.
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 October 2026.