Aughrim, Co. Wicklow scores 60/100 for quality of life, #54 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €292,500 (most €236,500–€400,000), it scores 70/100 for safety (43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,437 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
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 60/100 are measured across the Y14 Eircode area, not Aughrim alone — an area that takes in much of WICKLOW. 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 Aughrim is #50 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the Y14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Wicklow). Neither is measured for Aughrim on its own.
1,437 people.
Population is for Aughrim 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 Aughrim, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Aughrim, Co. Wicklow, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #54 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Aughrim scores 70/100 on safety, ~43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Aughrim over the last 24 months was €292,500, most between €236,500 and €400,000 (Property Price Register).
Aughrim is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 17% → 7% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise.
New builds are rare in Aughrim — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
16 planning applications were lodged within Aughrim in the last 12 months (64 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Aughrim scores 75/100 for families and community.
Aughrim scores 37/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Aughrim is about 74 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.