Kildare, Co. Kildare scores 54/100 for quality of life, #88 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €400,000 (most €325,991–€478,000), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 9,057 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 — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 54/100 are measured across the R51 Eircode area, not Kildare alone — an area that takes in much of KILDARE. 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 Kildare is #93 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R51 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Kildare on its own.
9,057 people.
Population is for Kildare itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
21st 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 Kildare, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kildare, 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 scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kildare over the last 24 months was €400,000, most between €325,991 and €478,000 (Property Price Register).
Kildare is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 16% → 10% — faster than nationally, prices up 8.8%, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 18% of homes sold in Kildare in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
77 planning applications were lodged within Kildare in the last 12 months, covering 244 residential units (418 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Kildare scores 74/100 for families and community.
Kildare scores 36/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Kildare is about 49 minutes by road from Dublin, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.