Roundstone, Co. Galway scores 68/100 for quality of life, #22 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €335,000 (most €166,250–€403,750), it scores 61/100 for safety (60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 231 people live here. It's strongest on environment and 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 68/100 are measured across the H91 Eircode area, not Roundstone 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 Roundstone 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 Roundstone on its own.
231 people.
Population is for Roundstone 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 Roundstone, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Roundstone, 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.
Roundstone scores 61/100 on safety, ~60.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Roundstone over the last 24 months was €335,000, most between €166,250 and €403,750 (Property Price Register).
Roundstone is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 18% → 14%, in line with nationally.
5 planning applications were lodged within Roundstone in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (30 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Roundstone scores 75/100 for families and community.
Roundstone scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Roundstone is about 71 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.