Gurteen, Co. Sligo scores 58/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €175,750 (most €98,125–€203,750), it scores 72/100 for safety (35.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 421 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated October 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 58/100 are measured across the F56 Eircode area, not Gurteen alone — an area that takes in much of Sligo. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the F56 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Sligo/Leitrim). Neither is measured for Gurteen on its own.
421 people.
Population is for Gurteen 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 Gurteen, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Gurteen, Co. Sligo, scores 58/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Gurteen scores 72/100 on safety, ~35.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Gurteen over the last 24 months was €175,750, with most sales between €98,125 and €203,750 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Gurteen over the last 24 months was €175,750, most between €98,125 and €203,750 (Property Price Register).
Gurteen is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 7% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
1 planning application was lodged within Gurteen in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (18 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Gurteen scores 85/100 for families and community.
Gurteen scores 19/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Gurteen is about 98 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 October 2026.