Cloghan, Co. Offaly scores 57/100 for quality of life, #70 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €264,273 (most €200,000–€285,000), it scores 40/100 for safety (90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 654 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 57/100 are measured across the R42 Eircode area, not Cloghan 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 Cloghan is #62 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R42 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Laois/Offaly). Neither is measured for Cloghan on its own.
654 people.
Population is for Cloghan 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 Cloghan, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Cloghan, Co. Offaly, scores 57/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #70 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Cloghan scores 40/100 on safety, ~90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Cloghan over the last 24 months was €264,273, with most sales between €200,000 and €285,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Cloghan over the last 24 months was €264,273, most between €200,000 and €285,000 (Property Price Register).
Cloghan is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 16% → 12%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
3 planning applications were lodged within Cloghan in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (24 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Cloghan scores 79/100 for families and community.
Cloghan scores 36/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Cloghan is about 77 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.