Gormanston, Co. Meath scores 60/100 for quality of life, #55 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €384,000 (most €347,250–€447,000), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 380 people live here. It's strongest on environment and affordability, weakest on local economy.
Updated September 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 60/100 are measured across the K32 Eircode area, not Gormanston alone — an area that takes in much of MEATH. 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 Gormanston is #58 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the K32 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR North). Neither is measured for Gormanston on its own.
380 people.
Population is for Gormanston 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 Gormanston, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Gormanston, Co. Meath, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #55 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and affordability.
Gormanston scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Gormanston over the last 24 months was €384,000, with most sales between €347,250 and €447,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Gormanston over the last 24 months was €384,000, most between €347,250 and €447,000 (Property Price Register).
Gormanston is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 9% → 5%, in line with nationally.
5 planning applications were lodged within Gormanston in the last 12 months (47 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Gormanston scores 68/100 for families and community.
Gormanston scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Gormanston is about 33 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 September 2026.