Roosky, Co. Roscommon scores 55/100 for quality of life, #81 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €215,000 (most €120,000–€250,500), it scores 75/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 787 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 55/100 are measured across the N41 Eircode area, not Roosky alone — an area that takes in much of ROSCOMMON. 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 Roosky is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the N41 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Sligo/Leitrim). Neither is measured for Roosky on its own.
787 people.
Population is for Roosky itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Counts are venues in and around the town. Per head asks whether it is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Roosky, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Roosky, Co. Roscommon, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #81 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Roosky scores 75/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Roosky over the last 24 months was €215,000, most between €120,000 and €250,500 (Property Price Register).
Roosky is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 15% → 8% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise.
2 planning applications were lodged within Roosky in the last 12 months (26 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Roosky scores 87/100 for families and community.
Roosky scores 45/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Roosky is about 107 minutes by road from Dublin.
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.