Kilsheelan, Co. Tipperary scores 50/100 for quality of life, #79 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €285,000 (most €215,250–€300,000), it scores 53/100 for safety (64.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 837 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 50/100 are measured across the E91 Eircode area, not Kilsheelan alone — an area that takes in much of Tipperary. 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 Kilsheelan is #71 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the E91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Tipperary). Neither is measured for Kilsheelan on its own.
837 people.
Population is for Kilsheelan 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 Kilsheelan, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kilsheelan, Co. Tipperary, scores 50/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #79 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Kilsheelan scores 56/100 on safety, ~64.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kilsheelan over the last 24 months was €285,000, with most sales between €215,250 and €300,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Kilsheelan over the last 24 months was €285,000, most between €215,250 and €300,000 (Property Price Register).
Kilsheelan is rated "Stagnating" — recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
1 planning application was lodged within Kilsheelan in the last 12 months (36 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Kilsheelan scores 71/100 for families and community.
Kilsheelan scores 26/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Kilsheelan is about 39 minutes by road from Waterford.
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.