Mountrath, Co. Laois scores 53/100 for quality of life, #91 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €308,370 (most €231,250–€350,000), it scores 40/100 for safety (90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,765 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 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 53/100 are measured across the R32 Eircode area, not Mountrath alone — an area that takes in much of Laois. 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 Mountrath is #85 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R32 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Laois/Offaly). Neither is measured for Mountrath on its own.
1,765 people.
Population is for Mountrath 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 Mountrath, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Mountrath, Co. Laois, scores 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #91 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Mountrath scores 40/100 on safety, ~90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Mountrath over the last 24 months was €308,370, with most sales between €231,250 and €350,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Mountrath over the last 24 months was €308,370, most between €231,250 and €350,000 (Property Price Register).
Mountrath is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 23% → 15% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 48% of homes sold in Mountrath in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
15 planning applications were lodged within Mountrath in the last 12 months, covering 64 residential units (70 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Mountrath scores 78/100 for families and community.
Mountrath scores 44/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Mountrath is about 71 minutes by road from Limerick.
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 October 2026.