Castledermot, Co. Kildare scores 46/100 for quality of life, #100 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €295,000 (most €265,750–€400,000), it scores 62/100 for safety (46.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,685 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 46/100 are measured across the R14 Eircode area, not Castledermot 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 Castledermot is #95 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Castledermot on its own.
1,685 people.
Population is for Castledermot 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 Castledermot, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Castledermot, Co. Kildare, scores 46/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #100 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Castledermot scores 62/100 on safety, ~46.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Castledermot over the last 24 months was €295,000, with most sales between €265,750 and €400,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Castledermot over the last 24 months was €295,000, most between €265,750 and €400,000 (Property Price Register).
Castledermot is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 8% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Castledermot — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
6 planning applications were lodged within Castledermot in the last 12 months, covering 12 residential units (52 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Castledermot scores 72/100 for families and community.
Castledermot scores 32/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Castledermot is about 64 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.