Clara, Co. Offaly scores 52/100 for quality of life, #93 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €201,250 (most €140,250–€300,000), it scores 40/100 for safety (90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 3,381 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 — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 52/100 are measured across the R35 Eircode area, not Clara 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 Clara is #85 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R35 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Laois/Offaly). Neither is measured for Clara on its own.
3,381 people.
Population is for Clara itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
85th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Clara, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Clara, Co. Offaly, scores 52/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #93 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Clara scores 40/100 on safety, ~90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Clara over the last 24 months was €201,250, most between €140,250 and €300,000 (Property Price Register).
Clara is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment rose 8% → 11% — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
About 2% of homes sold in Clara in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
25 planning applications were lodged within Clara in the last 12 months, covering 54 residential units (156 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Clara scores 77/100 for families and community.
Clara scores 34/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Clara is about 79 minutes by road from Dublin, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.