Inniscrone, Co. Sligo scores 62/100 for quality of life, #45 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €270,286 (most €181,250–€348,125), it scores 82/100 for safety (26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,291 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.
These seven scores and the 62/100 are measured across the F26 Eircode area, not Inniscrone 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 Inniscrone is #28 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F26 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Mayo). Neither is measured for Inniscrone on its own.
1,291 people.
Population is for Inniscrone itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Counts are venues in and around the town. Per head asks whether it is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Inniscrone, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Inniscrone, Co. Sligo, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #45 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Inniscrone scores 82/100 on safety, ~26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Inniscrone over the last 24 months was €270,286, most between €181,250 and €348,125 (Property Price Register).
Inniscrone is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 9% — faster than nationally.
About 10% of homes sold in Inniscrone in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
12 planning applications were lodged within Inniscrone in the last 12 months, covering 6 residential units (108 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Inniscrone scores 83/100 for families and community.
Inniscrone scores 16/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Inniscrone is about 121 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.