Derrinturn, 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 €355,000 (most €280,064–€420,500), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,837 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.
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 Derrinturn is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,837 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.
Derrinturn, 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.
Derrinturn scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Derrinturn over the last 24 months was €355,000, most between €280,064 and €420,500 (Property Price Register).
Derrinturn is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 16% → 10% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally.
About 40% of homes sold in Derrinturn in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Derrinturn in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (39 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Derrinturn scores 81/100 for families and community.
Derrinturn scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Derrinturn is about 52 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.