Athgarvan, Co. Kildare scores 65/100 for quality of life, #39 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €440,529 (most €387,691–€525,330), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 787 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated September 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 65/100 are measured across the W12 Eircode area, not Athgarvan alone — an area that takes in much of KILDARE. 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 Athgarvan is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the W12 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Athgarvan on its own.
787 people.
Population is for Athgarvan 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 Athgarvan, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Athgarvan, Co. Kildare, scores 65/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #39 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Athgarvan scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Athgarvan over the last 24 months was €440,529, with most sales between €387,691 and €525,330 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Athgarvan over the last 24 months was €440,529, most between €387,691 and €525,330 (Property Price Register).
Athgarvan is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
About 80% of homes sold in Athgarvan in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Athgarvan in the last 12 months (32 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Athgarvan scores 66/100 for families and community.
Athgarvan scores 57/100 for schools and education.
Athgarvan is about 48 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 September 2026.