Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan scores 56/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €110,000 (most €75,000–€192,500), it scores 74/100 for safety (40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 222 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
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 56/100 are measured across the H14 Eircode area, not Swanlinbar alone — an area that takes in much of CAVAN. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the H14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Swanlinbar on its own.
222 people.
Population is for Swanlinbar 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 Swanlinbar, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Swanlinbar scores 74/100 on safety, ~40.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Swanlinbar over the last 24 months was €110,000, most between €75,000 and €192,500 (Property Price Register).
Swanlinbar is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, recorded crime falling.
1 planning application was lodged within Swanlinbar in the last 12 months (12 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Swanlinbar scores 82/100 for families and community.
Swanlinbar scores 18/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Swanlinbar is about 127 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.