Mullingar, Co. Westmeath 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 €324,375 (most €252,981–€374,625), it scores 31/100 for safety (99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 22,150 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on safety.
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 53/100 are measured across the N91 Eircode area, not Mullingar alone — an area that takes in much of WESTMEATH. 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 Mullingar is #89 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the N91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Westmeath). Neither is measured for Mullingar on its own.
22,150 people.
Population is for Mullingar itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
22nd most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Ranked against large towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Mullingar, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, 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.
Mullingar scores 31/100 on safety, ~99.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Mullingar over the last 24 months was €324,375, most between €252,981 and €374,625 (Property Price Register).
Mullingar is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 22% → 13% — faster than nationally, prices up 60.6%, recorded crime falling.
About 27% of homes sold in Mullingar in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
75 planning applications were lodged within Mullingar in the last 12 months, covering 284 residential units (523 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Mullingar scores 79/100 for families and community.
Mullingar scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 14 schools in the area.
Mullingar is about 64 minutes by road from Dublin, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.