Oranmore, Co. Galway scores 65/100 for quality of life, #23 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €427,313 (most €365,639–€485,000), it scores 67/100 for safety (43.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 4,732 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 65/100 are measured across the H91 Eircode area, not Oranmore 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 Oranmore is #19 of 107 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 Oranmore on its own.
4,732 people.
Population is for Oranmore itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
30th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Oranmore, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Oranmore, Co. Galway, scores 65/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #23 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
The H91 Eircode area around Oranmore scores 67/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Galway, records ~43.3 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Oranmore on its own.
Oranmore is rated "affluent" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging +6.6 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range +4.7 to +10.8) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Oranmore over the last 24 months was €427,313, with most sales between €365,639 and €485,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Oranmore over the last 24 months was €427,313, most between €365,639 and €485,000 (Property Price Register).
Oranmore is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, prices up 21.9%.
About 49% of homes sold in Oranmore in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
24 planning applications were lodged within Oranmore in the last 12 months, covering 397 residential units (193 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Oranmore scores 73/100 for families and community.
Oranmore scores 47/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Oranmore is about 16 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 October 2026.