Maigh Cuilinn, Co. Galway scores 68/100 for quality of life, #22 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €410,000 (most €340,000–€438,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,476 people live here, up 22.7% since 2016. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
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 Maigh Cuilinn is #26 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,476 people, up 22.7% since 2016.
Maigh Cuilinn, Co. Galway, scores 68/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #22 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
Maigh Cuilinn scores 61/100 on safety, ~60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Maigh Cuilinn over the last 24 months was €410,000, most between €340,000 and €438,000 (Property Price Register).
Maigh Cuilinn is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, population grew 22.7% — well above the national 8%, prices up 39.1%, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
New builds are rare in Maigh Cuilinn — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
7 planning applications were lodged within Maigh Cuilinn in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (65 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Maigh Cuilinn scores 75/100 for families and community, and its population is growing (up 22.7% since 2016).
Maigh Cuilinn scores 50/100 for schools and education.
Maigh Cuilinn is about 15 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.