Keadew, Co. Roscommon scores 71/100 for quality of life, #18 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €120,000 (most €90,000–€150,000), it scores 77/100 for safety (35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 189 people live here, down 53.9% since 2016. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
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 Keadew is #1 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
189 people, down 53.9% since 2016.
Keadew, Co. Roscommon, scores 71/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #18 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Keadew scores 77/100 on safety, ~35.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Keadew over the last 24 months was €120,000, most between €90,000 and €150,000 (Property Price Register).
Keadew is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell 12% → 10%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise, population fell 53.9% since 2016, prices up 200.0%.
New builds are rare in Keadew — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
3 planning applications were lodged within Keadew in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (14 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Keadew scores 90/100 for families and community.
Keadew scores 52/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Keadew 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.