Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare scores 66/100 for quality of life, #28 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €409,604 (most €326,750–€585,000), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 546 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and environment.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 66/100 are measured across the W91 Eircode area, not Ballymore Eustace 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 Ballymore Eustace is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the W91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Ballymore Eustace on its own.
546 people.
Population is for Ballymore Eustace 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 Ballymore Eustace, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #28 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and environment.
Ballymore Eustace scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballymore Eustace over the last 24 months was €409,604, with most sales between €326,750 and €585,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballymore Eustace over the last 24 months was €409,604, most between €326,750 and €585,000 (Property Price Register).
Ballymore Eustace is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall.
About 3% of homes sold in Ballymore Eustace in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
3 planning applications were lodged within Ballymore Eustace in the last 12 months (33 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballymore Eustace scores 81/100 for families and community.
Ballymore Eustace scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballymore Eustace is about 47 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.