Annacotty, Co. Limerick scores 58/100 for quality of life, #69 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “established, plateauing”. The median home sells for €405,000 (most €330,000–€460,000), it scores 42/100 for safety (88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,703 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
Above average today — affluent and stable, but growth has plateaued — don't overpay.
These seven scores and the 58/100 are measured across the V94 Eircode area, not Annacotty alone — an area that takes in much of LIMERICK. 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 Annacotty is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V94 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Limerick). Neither is measured for Annacotty on its own.
2,703 people.
Population is for Annacotty itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
97th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Annacotty, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Annacotty, Co. Limerick, scores 58/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #69 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Annacotty scores 42/100 on safety, ~88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Annacotty over the last 24 months was €405,000, with most sales between €330,000 and €460,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Annacotty over the last 24 months was €405,000, most between €330,000 and €460,000 (Property Price Register).
Annacotty is rated "Established, plateauing" — unemployment fell 9% → 6%, in line with nationally.
About 1% of homes sold in Annacotty in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
9 planning applications were lodged within Annacotty in the last 12 months, covering 6 residential units (40 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Annacotty scores 72/100 for families and community.
Annacotty scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Annacotty is about 10 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.