Loch An Iúir, Co. Donegal scores 50/100 for quality of life, #103 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €205,000 (most €205,000–€205,000), it scores 71/100 for safety (44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 234 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 — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 50/100 are measured across the F94 Eircode area, not Loch An Iúir alone — an area that takes in much of DONEGAL. 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 Loch An Iúir is #93 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F94 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Donegal). Neither is measured for Loch An Iúir on its own.
234 people.
Population is for Loch An Iúir 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 Loch An Iúir, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Loch An Iúir, Co. Donegal, scores 50/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #103 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Loch An Iúir scores 71/100 on safety, ~44.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Loch An Iúir over the last 24 months was €205,000, most between €205,000 and €205,000 (Property Price Register).
Loch An Iúir is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 20% → 10% — faster than nationally.
4 planning applications were lodged within Loch An Iúir in the last 12 months, covering 9 residential units (11 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Loch An Iúir scores 83/100 for families and community.
Loch An Iúir scores 20/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Loch An Iúir is about 233 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.