Lifford, Co. Donegal scores 46/100 for quality of life, #106 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €160,000 (most €102,500–€235,000), it scores 71/100 for safety (44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,613 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
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 Lifford is #101 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,613 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.
Lifford, Co. Donegal, scores 46/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #106 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Lifford scores 71/100 on safety, ~44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Lifford over the last 24 months was €160,000, most between €102,500 and €235,000 (Property Price Register).
Lifford is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 31% → 20% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
New builds are rare in Lifford — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
10 planning applications were lodged within Lifford in the last 12 months (60 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Lifford scores 80/100 for families and community.
Lifford scores 17/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Lifford is about 174 minutes by road from Dublin.
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.