Gurteen, Co. Sligo scores 71/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €175,750 (most €99,375–€212,500), it scores 75/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 421 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
421 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Gurteen, Co. Sligo, scores 71/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Gurteen scores 75/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Gurteen over the last 24 months was €175,750, most between €99,375 and €212,500 (Property Price Register).
Gurteen is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 7% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Gurteen — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
1 planning application was lodged within Gurteen in the last 12 months (18 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Gurteen scores 86/100 for families and community.
Gurteen scores 22/100 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 August 2026.