Ballybunion, Co. Kerry scores 66/100 for quality of life, #32 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €270,000 (most €209,500–€375,000), it scores 72/100 for safety (42.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,144 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on schools & education.
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 66/100 are measured across the V31 Eircode area, not Ballybunion alone — an area that takes in much of KERRY. 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 Ballybunion is #10 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V31 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kerry). Neither is measured for Ballybunion on its own.
1,144 people.
Population is for Ballybunion 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 Ballybunion, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballybunion, Co. Kerry, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #32 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Ballybunion scores 72/100 on safety, ~42.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballybunion over the last 24 months was €270,000, with most sales between €209,500 and €375,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballybunion over the last 24 months was €270,000, most between €209,500 and €375,000 (Property Price Register).
Ballybunion is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 20% → 12% — faster than nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 11% of homes sold in Ballybunion in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
11 planning applications were lodged within Ballybunion in the last 12 months, covering 24 residential units (104 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballybunion scores 72/100 for families and community.
Ballybunion scores 29/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Ballybunion is about 79 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 August 2026.