Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow scores 70/100 for quality of life, #19 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “prime & compounding”. The median home sells for €970,000 (most €680,000–€1,400,000), it scores 70/100 for safety (43.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,000 people live here. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — affluent already, and still strengthening.
These seven scores and the 70/100 are measured across the A98 Eircode area, not Enniskerry alone — an area that takes in much of WICKLOW. 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 Enniskerry is #31 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the A98 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Wicklow). Neither is measured for Enniskerry on its own.
2,000 people.
Population is for Enniskerry itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
101st 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 Enniskerry, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, scores 70/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #19 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and transport & services.
Enniskerry scores 70/100 on safety, ~43.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Enniskerry over the last 24 months was €970,000, most between €680,000 and €1,400,000 (Property Price Register).
Enniskerry is rated "Prime & compounding" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 27% of homes sold in Enniskerry in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
42 planning applications were lodged within Enniskerry in the last 12 months, covering 29 residential units (201 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Enniskerry scores 74/100 for families and community.
Enniskerry scores 57/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Enniskerry is about 32 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.