Coill Dubh (Blackwood), Co. Kildare scores 66/100 for quality of life, #28 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €265,500 (most €229,250–€296,500), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 422 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and environment.
Updated August 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 66/100 are measured across the W91 Eircode area, not Coill Dubh (Blackwood) 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 Coill Dubh (Blackwood) is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the W91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Coill Dubh (Blackwood) on its own.
422 people.
Population is for Coill Dubh (Blackwood) 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 Coill Dubh (Blackwood), which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Coill Dubh (Blackwood), Co. Kildare, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #28 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and environment.
Coill Dubh (Blackwood) scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Coill Dubh (Blackwood) over the last 24 months was €265,500, with most sales between €229,250 and €296,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Coill Dubh (Blackwood) over the last 24 months was €265,500, most between €229,250 and €296,500 (Property Price Register).
Coill Dubh (Blackwood) is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 17% → 10% — faster than nationally.
1 planning application was lodged within Coill Dubh (Blackwood) in the last 12 months (4 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Coill Dubh (Blackwood) scores 81/100 for families and community.
Coill Dubh (Blackwood) scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Coill Dubh (Blackwood) is about 50 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 August 2026.