Kilcullen, Co. Kildare scores 69/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €381,930 (most €336,000–€440,529), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 3,815 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 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 69/100 are measured across the R56 Eircode area, not Kilcullen alone — an area that takes in much of KILDARE. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the R56 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Kilcullen on its own.
3,815 people.
Population is for Kilcullen itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
65th 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 Kilcullen, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, scores 69/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Kilcullen scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kilcullen over the last 24 months was €381,930, most between €336,000 and €440,529 (Property Price Register).
Kilcullen is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 10% → 6%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
About 39% of homes sold in Kilcullen in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
29 planning applications were lodged within Kilcullen in the last 12 months, covering 146 residential units (124 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Kilcullen scores 81/100 for families and community.
Kilcullen scores 37/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Kilcullen is about 44 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.