Bracknagh, Co. Offaly scores 54/100 for quality of life, #88 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €335,000 (most €238,500–€397,875), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 274 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 54/100 are measured across the R51 Eircode area, not Bracknagh alone — an area that takes in much of OFFALY. 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 Bracknagh is #93 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R51 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Bracknagh on its own.
274 people.
Population is for Bracknagh 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 Bracknagh, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Bracknagh, Co. Offaly, scores 54/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #88 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Bracknagh scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Bracknagh over the last 24 months was €335,000, most between €238,500 and €397,875 (Property Price Register).
Bracknagh is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 13% → 5% — faster than nationally.
4 planning applications were lodged within Bracknagh in the last 12 months, covering 40 residential units (15 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Bracknagh scores 74/100 for families and community.
Bracknagh scores 36/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Bracknagh is about 67 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.