Clonlara, Co. Clare scores 58/100 for quality of life, #69 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €411,500 (most €345,209–€500,000), it scores 42/100 for safety (88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 724 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
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
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 Clonlara is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
724 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Clonlara, Co. Clare, scores 58/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #69 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Clonlara scores 42/100 on safety, ~88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Clonlara over the last 24 months was €411,500, most between €345,209 and €500,000 (Property Price Register).
Clonlara is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 8% → 6%, in line with nationally.
About 49% of homes sold in Clonlara in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
3 planning applications were lodged within Clonlara in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (19 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Clonlara scores 72/100 for families and community.
Clonlara scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Clonlara is about 13 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.