Na Forbacha, Co. Galway scores 68/100 for quality of life, #22 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “prime & compounding”. The median home sells for €520,000 (most €355,000–€535,778), it scores 61/100 for safety (60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 292 people live here. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — affluent already, and still strengthening.
These seven scores and the 68/100 are measured across the H91 Eircode area, not Na Forbacha 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 Na Forbacha is #26 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the H91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Galway). Neither is measured for Na Forbacha on its own.
292 people.
Population is for Na Forbacha 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 Na Forbacha, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Na Forbacha, 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.
Na Forbacha scores 61/100 on safety, ~60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Na Forbacha over the last 24 months was €520,000, most between €355,000 and €535,778 (Property Price Register).
Na Forbacha is rated "Prime & compounding" — unemployment fell 10% → 6%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally.
2 planning applications were lodged within Na Forbacha in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (47 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Na Forbacha scores 75/100 for families and community.
Na Forbacha scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Na Forbacha is about 17 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.