Clogherhead, Co. Louth scores 57/100 for quality of life, #48 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €322,500 (most €289,375–€489,750), it scores 45/100 for safety (68.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 2,072 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, 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 57/100 are measured across the A92 Eircode area, not Clogherhead alone — an area that takes in much of Louth. 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 Clogherhead is #49 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the A92 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Louth). Neither is measured for Clogherhead on its own.
2,072 people.
Population is for Clogherhead itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
101st 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 Clogherhead, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Clogherhead, Co. Louth, scores 57/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #48 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
The A92 Eircode area around Clogherhead scores 45/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Louth, records ~68.6 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Clogherhead on its own.
Clogherhead is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -3.8 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -3.8 to -3.8) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Clogherhead over the last 24 months was €322,500, with most sales between €289,375 and €489,750 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Clogherhead over the last 24 months was €322,500, most between €289,375 and €489,750 (Property Price Register).
Clogherhead is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 11% → 6% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Clogherhead — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
13 planning applications were lodged within Clogherhead in the last 12 months, covering 7 residential units (123 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Clogherhead scores 74/100 for families and community.
Clogherhead scores 44/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Clogherhead is about 57 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.