Athea, Co. Limerick scores 58/100 for quality of life, #69 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €195,000 (most €106,500–€277,500), it scores 42/100 for safety (88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 323 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated September 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 58/100 are measured across the V94 Eircode area, not Athea 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 Athea 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 Athea on its own.
323 people.
Population is for Athea 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 Athea, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Athea, 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.
Athea scores 42/100 on safety, ~88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Athea over the last 24 months was €195,000, with most sales between €106,500 and €277,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Athea over the last 24 months was €195,000, most between €106,500 and €277,500 (Property Price Register).
Athea is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 17% → 8% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally.
5 planning applications were lodged within Athea in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (26 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Athea scores 72/100 for families and community.
Athea scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Athea is about 57 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 September 2026.