Doon, Co. Limerick 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 €220,000 (most €181,500–€245,250), it scores 42/100 for safety (88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 651 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
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 58/100 are measured across the V94 Eircode area, not Doon alone — an area that takes in much of LIMERICK. 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 Doon is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V94 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Limerick). Neither is measured for Doon on its own.
651 people.
Population is for Doon 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 Doon, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Doon, Co. Limerick, 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.
Doon scores 42/100 on safety, ~88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Doon over the last 24 months was €220,000, most between €181,500 and €245,250 (Property Price Register).
Doon is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 12% → 7%, in line with nationally.
6 planning applications were lodged within Doon in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (30 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Doon scores 72/100 for families and community.
Doon scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Doon is about 33 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.