Smithborough, Co. Monaghan scores 68/100 for quality of life, #25 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €218,000 (most €195,000–€235,000), it scores 74/100 for safety (40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 320 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 68/100 are measured across the H18 Eircode area, not Smithborough 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 Smithborough is #4 of 108 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 Smithborough on its own.
320 people.
Population is for Smithborough 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 Smithborough, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Smithborough, Co. Monaghan, scores 68/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #25 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Smithborough scores 74/100 on safety, ~40.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Smithborough over the last 24 months was €218,000, most between €195,000 and €235,000 (Property Price Register).
Smithborough is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 8% — faster than nationally.
3 planning applications were lodged within Smithborough in the last 12 months (10 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Smithborough scores 79/100 for families and community.
Smithborough scores 44/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Smithborough is about 110 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.