Kilmead, Co. Kildare scores 46/100 for quality of life, #100 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €435,000 (most €435,000–€435,000), it scores 62/100 for safety (46.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 372 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 46/100 are measured across the R14 Eircode area, not Kilmead 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 Kilmead is #95 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Kilmead on its own.
372 people.
Population is for Kilmead 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 Kilmead, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kilmead, Co. Kildare, scores 46/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #100 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Kilmead scores 62/100 on safety, ~46.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kilmead over the last 24 months was €435,000, with most sales between €435,000 and €435,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Kilmead over the last 24 months was €435,000, most between €435,000 and €435,000 (Property Price Register).
Kilmead is rated "Declining" — unemployment rose 9% → 14% — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise.
Kilmead scores 72/100 for families and community.
Kilmead scores 32/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Kilmead is about 57 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 October 2026.