Enfield, Co. Meath scores 67/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €378,500 (most €330,396–€439,031), it scores 47/100 for safety (76 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 3,401 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 67/100 are measured across the A83 Eircode area, not Enfield alone — an area that takes in much of MEATH. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the A83 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Meath). Neither is measured for Enfield on its own.
3,401 people.
Population is for Enfield itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
75th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Enfield, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Enfield, Co. Meath, scores 67/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on transport & services and family & community.
Enfield scores 47/100 on safety, ~76.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Enfield over the last 24 months was €378,500, most between €330,396 and €439,031 (Property Price Register).
Enfield is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell 10% → 6%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 43% of homes sold in Enfield in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
18 planning applications were lodged within Enfield in the last 12 months, covering 22 residential units (85 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Enfield scores 83/100 for families and community.
Enfield scores 34/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Enfield is about 40 minutes by road from Dublin, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.