Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny scores 60/100 for quality of life, #53 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €245,000 (most €125,000–€326,000), it scores 56/100 for safety (64.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 450 people live here, down 11.4% since 2016. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
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 Johnstown is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
450 people, down 11.4% since 2016.
Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #53 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Johnstown scores 56/100 on safety, ~64.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Johnstown over the last 24 months was €245,000, most between €125,000 and €326,000 (Property Price Register).
Johnstown is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell 14% → 9%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise, population fell 11.4% since 2016.
New builds are rare in Johnstown — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Johnstown in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (24 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Johnstown scores 79/100 for families and community.
Johnstown scores 28/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Johnstown is about 69 minutes by road from Waterford.
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.