Drumconrath, Co. Meath scores 56/100 for quality of life, #50 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €192,500 (most €136,250–€228,750), it scores 73/100 for safety (32.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 423 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and affordability, weakest on transport & services.
Updated October 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 56/100 are measured across the C15 Eircode area, not Drumconrath alone — an area that takes in much of Meath. 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 Drumconrath is #52 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the C15 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Meath). Neither is measured for Drumconrath on its own.
423 people.
Population is for Drumconrath 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 Drumconrath, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Drumconrath, Co. Meath, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #50 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and affordability.
Drumconrath scores 73/100 on safety, ~32.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Drumconrath over the last 24 months was €192,500, with most sales between €136,250 and €228,750 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Drumconrath over the last 24 months was €192,500, most between €136,250 and €228,750 (Property Price Register).
Drumconrath is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 13% → 8%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally.
5 planning applications were lodged within Drumconrath in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (31 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Drumconrath scores 79/100 for families and community.
Drumconrath scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Drumconrath is about 64 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 October 2026.