Ballitore, Co. Kildare scores 46/100 for quality of life, #100 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €303,964 (most €286,343–€335,903), it scores 62/100 for safety (46.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 667 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 46/100 are measured across the R14 Eircode area, not Ballitore 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 Ballitore is #95 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Ballitore on its own.
667 people.
Population is for Ballitore 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 Ballitore, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballitore, Co. Kildare, scores 46/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #100 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The R14 Eircode area around Ballitore scores 62/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Kildare, records ~46.9 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Ballitore on its own.
Ballitore is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -7.4 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -8.7 to -6.1) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Ballitore over the last 24 months was €303,964, with most sales between €286,343 and €335,903 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballitore over the last 24 months was €303,964, most between €286,343 and €335,903 (Property Price Register).
Ballitore is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 16% → 11%, in line with nationally.
2 planning applications were lodged within Ballitore in the last 12 months (16 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballitore scores 72/100 for families and community.
Ballitore scores 32/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballitore is about 57 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.