Brownstown, Co. Kildare scores 58/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €366,762 (most €248,883–€424,825), it scores 62/100 for safety (46.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 698 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and environment, weakest on transport & services.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 58/100 are measured across the R56 Eircode area, not Brownstown alone — an area that takes in much of Kildare. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the R56 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Brownstown on its own.
698 people.
Population is for Brownstown 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 Brownstown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Brownstown, Co. Kildare, scores 58/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on family & community and environment.
The R56 Eircode area around Brownstown 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 Brownstown on its own.
Brownstown is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -6.5 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -7.0 to -6.0) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Brownstown over the last 24 months was €366,762, with most sales between €248,883 and €424,825 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Brownstown over the last 24 months was €366,762, most between €248,883 and €424,825 (Property Price Register).
Brownstown is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 13% → 8%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 2 points — behind the national rise.
About 59% of homes sold in Brownstown in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Brownstown in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (22 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Brownstown scores 81/100 for families and community.
Brownstown scores 36/100 for schools and education.
Brownstown 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 October 2026.