Doonbeg, Co. Clare scores 46/100 for quality of life, #107 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €305,000 (most €225,000–€710,000), it scores 68/100 for safety (48.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 279 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
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 46/100 are measured across the V15 Eircode area, not Doonbeg alone — an area that takes in much of CLARE. 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 Doonbeg is #103 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V15 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Clare). Neither is measured for Doonbeg on its own.
279 people.
Population is for Doonbeg 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 Doonbeg, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Doonbeg, Co. Clare, scores 46/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #107 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Doonbeg scores 68/100 on safety, ~48.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Doonbeg over the last 24 months was €305,000, most between €225,000 and €710,000 (Property Price Register).
Doonbeg is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 16% → 9% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
New builds are rare in Doonbeg — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
3 planning applications were lodged within Doonbeg in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (13 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Doonbeg scores 81/100 for families and community.
Doonbeg scores 18/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Doonbeg is about 71 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.