Milltown, Co. Galway scores 52/100 for quality of life, #94 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €230,000 (most €173,750–€370,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 211 people live here, down 1.9% since 2016. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
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 Milltown is #89 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
211 people, down 1.9% since 2016.
Milltown, Co. Galway, scores 52/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #94 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Milltown scores 61/100 on safety, ~60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Milltown over the last 24 months was €230,000, most between €173,750 and €370,000 (Property Price Register).
Milltown is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell 15% → 10%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise, population fell 1.9% since 2016, prices up 28.9%.
New builds are rare in Milltown — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Milltown in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (16 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Milltown scores 84/100 for families and community.
Milltown scores 40/100 for schools and education.
Milltown is about 44 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.