Swinford, Co. Mayo scores 56/100 for quality of life, #52 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €169,000 (most €118,998–€236,500), it scores 74/100 for safety (32.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,220 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated October 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 F12 Eircode area, not Swinford alone — an area that takes in much of Mayo. 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 Swinford is #38 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the F12 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Mayo). Neither is measured for Swinford on its own.
1,220 people.
Population is for Swinford 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 Swinford, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Swinford, Co. Mayo, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #52 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The F12 Eircode area around Swinford scores 74/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Mayo, records ~32.2 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Swinford on its own.
Swinford is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -10.2 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -12.0 to -8.4) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Swinford over the last 24 months was €169,000, with most sales between €118,998 and €236,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Swinford over the last 24 months was €169,000, most between €118,998 and €236,500 (Property Price Register).
Swinford is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 18% → 12% — faster than nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
New builds are rare in Swinford — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
7 planning applications were lodged within Swinford in the last 12 months, covering 60 residential units (52 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Swinford scores 85/100 for families and community.
Swinford scores 27/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Swinford is about 81 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 October 2026.