Scotstown, Co. Monaghan scores 55/100 for quality of life, #57 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €230,000 (most €173,750–€269,500), it scores 68/100 for safety (40.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 436 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated October 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 55/100 are measured across the H18 Eircode area, not Scotstown alone — an area that takes in much of Monaghan. 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 Scotstown is #49 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the H18 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Scotstown on its own.
436 people.
Population is for Scotstown 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 Scotstown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Scotstown, Co. Monaghan, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #57 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Scotstown scores 68/100 on safety, ~40.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Scotstown over the last 24 months was €230,000, with most sales between €173,750 and €269,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Scotstown over the last 24 months was €230,000, most between €173,750 and €269,500 (Property Price Register).
Scotstown is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall.
7 planning applications were lodged within Scotstown in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (15 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Scotstown scores 79/100 for families and community.
Scotstown scores 42/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Scotstown is about 112 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 October 2026.