Carragh, Co. Kildare scores 62/100 for quality of life, #31 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €577,500 (most €383,018–€619,625), it scores 62/100 for safety (46.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,006 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and transport & services.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 62/100 are measured across the W91 Eircode area, not Carragh 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 Carragh is #32 of 107 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 Carragh on its own.
1,006 people.
Population is for Carragh 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 Carragh, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Carragh, Co. Kildare, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #31 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and transport & services.
Carragh scores 62/100 on safety, ~46.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Carragh over the last 24 months was €577,500, with most sales between €383,018 and €619,625 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Carragh over the last 24 months was €577,500, most between €383,018 and €619,625 (Property Price Register).
Carragh is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 8% → 5%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
6 planning applications were lodged within Carragh in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (30 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Carragh scores 81/100 for families and community.
Carragh scores 52/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Carragh is about 39 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.