Aughrim, Co. Wicklow scores 51/100 for quality of life, #77 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €300,000 (most €228,500–€427,500), it scores 69/100 for safety (38.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,437 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 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 51/100 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 #75 of 107 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 51/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #77 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The Y14 Eircode area around Aughrim scores 69/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Wicklow, records ~38.5 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Aughrim on its own.
Aughrim is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -5.8 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -6.8 to -4.7) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Aughrim over the last 24 months was €300,000, with most sales between €228,500 and €427,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Aughrim over the last 24 months was €300,000, most between €228,500 and €427,500 (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).
14 planning applications were lodged within Aughrim in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (65 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Aughrim scores 75/100 for families and community.
Aughrim scores 36/100 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 October 2026.