Kilfinane, Co. Limerick scores 50/100 for quality of life, #102 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €190,000 (most €110,000–€295,000), it scores 42/100 for safety (88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 757 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
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 Kilfinane is #93 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
757 people.
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.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, scores 50/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #102 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Kilfinane scores 42/100 on safety, ~88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kilfinane over the last 24 months was €190,000, most between €110,000 and €295,000 (Property Price Register).
Kilfinane is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 17% → 7% — faster than nationally.
5 planning applications were lodged within Kilfinane in the last 12 months (28 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Kilfinane scores 85/100 for families and community.
Kilfinane scores 32/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Kilfinane is about 48 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.