Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry scores 53/100 for quality of life, #68 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €221,000 (most €153,750–€255,000), it scores 66/100 for safety (43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 264 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated October 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 53/100 are measured across the V93 Eircode area, not Kilgarvan alone — an area that takes in much of Kerry. 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 Kilgarvan is #66 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V93 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kerry). Neither is measured for Kilgarvan on its own.
264 people.
Population is for Kilgarvan 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 Kilgarvan, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry, scores 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #68 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The V93 Eircode area around Kilgarvan scores 66/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Kerry, records ~43.8 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Kilgarvan on its own.
Kilgarvan is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -7.1 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -9.0 to -5.1) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Kilgarvan over the last 24 months was €221,000, with most sales between €153,750 and €255,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Kilgarvan over the last 24 months was €221,000, most between €153,750 and €255,000 (Property Price Register).
Kilgarvan is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 13% → 8%, in line with nationally.
Kilgarvan scores 81/100 for families and community.
Kilgarvan scores 40/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Kilgarvan is about 69 minutes by road from Cork.
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 October 2026.