Delgany, Co. Wicklow scores 76/100 for quality of life, #9 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “prime & compounding”. The median home sells for €600,000 (most €506,608–€720,000), it scores 70/100 for safety (43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 7,707 people live here. It's strongest on local economy and environment, weakest on affordability.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — affluent already, and still strengthening.
These seven scores and the 76/100 are measured across the A63 Eircode area, not Delgany alone — an area that takes in much of Wicklow. 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 Delgany is #10 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the A63 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Wicklow). Neither is measured for Delgany on its own.
7,707 people.
Population is for Delgany itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
117th 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 Delgany, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Delgany, Co. Wicklow, scores 76/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #9 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on local economy and environment.
Delgany scores 70/100 on safety, ~43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Delgany over the last 24 months was €600,000, most between €506,608 and €720,000 (Property Price Register).
Delgany is rated "Prime & compounding" — unemployment fell 8% → 6%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally, prices up 5.7%.
About 47% of homes sold in Delgany in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
60 planning applications were lodged within Delgany in the last 12 months, covering 44 residential units (513 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Delgany scores 80/100 for families and community.
Delgany scores 76/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Delgany is about 40 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.