Kildalkey, Co. Meath scores 53/100 for quality of life, #90 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €355,000 (most €289,000–€488,494), it scores 47/100 for safety (76 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 739 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 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 53/100 are measured across the C15 Eircode area, not Kildalkey 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 Kildalkey is #93 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the C15 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Meath). Neither is measured for Kildalkey on its own.
739 people.
Population is for Kildalkey 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 Kildalkey, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kildalkey, Co. Meath, scores 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #90 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Kildalkey scores 47/100 on safety, ~76.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kildalkey over the last 24 months was €355,000, most between €289,000 and €488,494 (Property Price Register).
Kildalkey is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 11% → 7%, in line with nationally.
About 8% of homes sold in Kildalkey in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
1 planning application was lodged within Kildalkey in the last 12 months (22 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Kildalkey scores 79/100 for families and community.
Kildalkey scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Kildalkey is about 60 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.