Edenderry, Co. Offaly scores 55/100 for quality of life, #81 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €280,000 (most €230,000–€321,586), it scores 40/100 for safety (90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 7,505 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 — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 55/100 are measured across the R45 Eircode area, not Edenderry alone — an area that takes in much of OFFALY. 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 Edenderry is #77 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R45 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Laois/Offaly). Neither is measured for Edenderry on its own.
7,505 people.
Population is for Edenderry itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
74th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Counts are venues in and around the town. Per head asks whether it is well served for its size.
Ranked against small towns only. Tourist towns read high: the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Edenderry, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Edenderry, Co. Offaly, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #81 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Edenderry scores 40/100 on safety, ~90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Edenderry over the last 24 months was €280,000, most between €230,000 and €321,586 (Property Price Register).
Edenderry is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 22% → 12% — faster than nationally, prices up 13.9%.
About 28% of homes sold in Edenderry in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
38 planning applications were lodged within Edenderry in the last 12 months, covering 244 residential units (177 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Edenderry scores 73/100 for families and community.
Edenderry scores 30/100 for schools and education, with 7 schools in the area.
Edenderry is about 57 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.