Riverstown, Co. Sligo scores 71/100 for quality of life, #18 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €240,000 (most €172,500–€295,000), it scores 77/100 for safety (35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 394 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 71/100 are measured across the F52 Eircode area, not Riverstown alone — an area that takes in much of SLIGO. 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 Riverstown is #1 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F52 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Roscommon/Longford). Neither is measured for Riverstown on its own.
394 people.
Population is for Riverstown 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 Riverstown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Riverstown, Co. Sligo, scores 71/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #18 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Riverstown scores 77/100 on safety, ~35.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Riverstown over the last 24 months was €240,000, with most sales between €172,500 and €295,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Riverstown over the last 24 months was €240,000, most between €172,500 and €295,000 (Property Price Register).
Riverstown is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment rose 7% → 11% — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
About 13% of homes sold in Riverstown in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
3 planning applications were lodged within Riverstown in the last 12 months (17 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Riverstown scores 90/100 for families and community.
Riverstown scores 52/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Riverstown is about 126 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.