Kildare town, Co. Kildare scores 54/100 for quality of life, #88 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €409,692 (most €365,638–€440,529), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 11,587 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
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 Kildare town is #93 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
11,587 people.
64th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Ranked against large towns only. Tourist towns read high — the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Kildare town, Co. Kildare, scores 54/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #88 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Kildare town scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kildare town over the last 24 months was €409,692, most between €365,638 and €440,529 (Property Price Register).
Kildare town is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 16% → 10% — faster than nationally, prices up 28.9%.
About 69% of homes sold in Kildare town in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
91 planning applications were lodged within Kildare town in the last 12 months, covering 389 residential units (623 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Kildare town scores 74/100 for families and community.
Kildare town scores 36/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Kildare town is about 49 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.