Ashford, Co. Wicklow scores 60/100 for quality of life, #58 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €575,000 (most €440,000–€800,000), it scores 70/100 for safety (43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,892 people live here. It's strongest on environment and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — and pulling ahead of the national trend.
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 Ashford is #77 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,892 people.
Ashford, Co. Wicklow, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #58 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and family & community.
Ashford scores 70/100 on safety, ~43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ashford over the last 24 months was €575,000, most between €440,000 and €800,000 (Property Price Register).
Ashford is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 12% → 8%, in line with nationally, prices up 15.2%, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Ashford — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
31 planning applications were lodged within Ashford in the last 12 months, covering 199 residential units (166 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ashford scores 77/100 for families and community.
Ashford scores 35/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Ashford is about 47 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.