Kilcloon, Co. Meath scores 69/100 for quality of life, #16 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €750,000 (most €440,000–€1,185,000), it scores 73/100 for safety (32.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 182 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and safety.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 69/100 are measured across the A85 Eircode area, not Kilcloon 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 Kilcloon is #13 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the A85 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Meath). Neither is measured for Kilcloon on its own.
182 people.
Population is for Kilcloon 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 Kilcloon, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kilcloon, Co. Meath, scores 69/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #16 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and safety.
Kilcloon scores 73/100 on safety, ~32.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kilcloon over the last 24 months was €750,000, with most sales between €440,000 and €1,185,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Kilcloon over the last 24 months was €750,000, most between €440,000 and €1,185,000 (Property Price Register).
Kilcloon is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall.
Kilcloon scores 84/100 for families and community.
Kilcloon scores 63/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Kilcloon is about 35 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 October 2026.