Carnew, Co. Wicklow scores 51/100 for quality of life, #77 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €237,750 (most €180,500–€315,000), it scores 69/100 for safety (38.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,233 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 — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 51/100 are measured across the Y14 Eircode area, not Carnew alone — an area that takes in much of Wicklow. 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 Carnew is #75 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the Y14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Wicklow). Neither is measured for Carnew on its own.
1,233 people.
Population is for Carnew 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 Carnew, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Carnew, Co. Wicklow, scores 51/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #77 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The Y14 Eircode area around Carnew scores 69/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Wicklow, records ~38.5 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Carnew on its own.
Carnew is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -13.2 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -14.7 to -11.7) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Carnew over the last 24 months was €237,750, with most sales between €180,500 and €315,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Carnew over the last 24 months was €237,750, most between €180,500 and €315,000 (Property Price Register).
Carnew is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 22% → 13% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Carnew — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
6 planning applications were lodged within Carnew in the last 12 months (46 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Carnew scores 75/100 for families and community.
Carnew scores 36/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Carnew is about 76 minutes by road from Waterford.
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.