Mount Bellew, Co. Galway scores 55/100 for quality of life, #84 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €226,000 (most €153,750–€277,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 774 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — and pulling ahead of the national trend.
These seven scores and the 55/100 are measured across the H53 Eircode area, not Mount Bellew alone — an area that takes in much of GALWAY. 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 Mount Bellew is #77 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the H53 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Galway). Neither is measured for Mount Bellew on its own.
774 people.
Population is for Mount Bellew 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 Mount Bellew, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Mount Bellew, Co. Galway, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #84 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Mount Bellew scores 61/100 on safety, ~60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Mount Bellew over the last 24 months was €226,000, with most sales between €153,750 and €277,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Mount Bellew over the last 24 months was €226,000, most between €153,750 and €277,000 (Property Price Register).
Mount Bellew is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 9% → 5%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally.
5 planning applications were lodged within Mount Bellew in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (64 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Mount Bellew scores 87/100 for families and community.
Mount Bellew scores 38/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Mount Bellew is about 51 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.