Louisburgh, Co. Mayo scores 72/100 for quality of life, #16 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €304,000 (most €237,500–€381,250), it scores 82/100 for safety (26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 367 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
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 72/100 are measured across the F28 Eircode area, not Louisburgh alone — an area that takes in much of MAYO. 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 Louisburgh is #1 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F28 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Mayo). Neither is measured for Louisburgh on its own.
367 people.
Population is for Louisburgh 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 Louisburgh, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Louisburgh, Co. Mayo, scores 72/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #16 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Louisburgh scores 82/100 on safety, ~26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Louisburgh over the last 24 months was €304,000, most between €237,500 and €381,250 (Property Price Register).
Louisburgh is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 8% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Louisburgh — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
3 planning applications were lodged within Louisburgh in the last 12 months (34 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Louisburgh scores 84/100 for families and community.
Louisburgh scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Louisburgh is about 92 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.