Fenit, Co. Kerry scores 59/100 for quality of life, #38 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €382,875 (most €295,125–€477,500), it scores 66/100 for safety (43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 423 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 59/100 are measured across the V92 Eircode area, not Fenit alone — an area that takes in much of Kerry. 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 Fenit is #27 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V92 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kerry). Neither is measured for Fenit on its own.
423 people.
Population is for Fenit 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 Fenit, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Fenit, Co. Kerry, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #38 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
The V92 Eircode area around Fenit scores 66/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Kerry, records ~43.8 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Fenit on its own.
Fenit is rated "above average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging +2.6 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range +0.4 to +4.8) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Fenit over the last 24 months was €382,875, with most sales between €295,125 and €477,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Fenit over the last 24 months was €382,875, most between €295,125 and €477,500 (Property Price Register).
Fenit is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 9% → 4%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
3 planning applications were lodged within Fenit in the last 12 months (31 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Fenit scores 75/100 for families and community.
Fenit scores 40/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Fenit is about 105 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.