Ennis, Co. Clare scores 66/100 for quality of life, #29 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €305,584 (most €235,000–€375,000), it scores 68/100 for safety (48.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 25,276 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
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 66/100 are measured across the V95 Eircode area, not Ennis 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 Ennis is #18 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V95 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Clare). Neither is measured for Ennis on its own.
25,276 people.
Population is for Ennis itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
10th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Ranked against large towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Ennis, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ennis, Co. Clare, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #29 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Ennis scores 68/100 on safety, ~48.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ennis over the last 24 months was €305,584, most between €235,000 and €375,000 (Property Price Register).
Ennis is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 16% → 10% — faster than nationally.
About 12% of homes sold in Ennis in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
103 planning applications were lodged within Ennis in the last 12 months, covering 247 residential units (840 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ennis scores 81/100 for families and community.
Ennis scores 52/100 for schools and education, with 14 schools in the area.
Ennis is about 36 minutes by road from Limerick, 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.