Knockananna, Co. Wicklow scores 60/100 for quality of life, #54 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €270,000 (most €211,250–€312,000), it scores 70/100 for safety (43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 201 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated September 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 60/100 are measured across the Y14 Eircode area, not Knockananna alone — an area that takes in much of WICKLOW. 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 Knockananna is #50 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the Y14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Wicklow). Neither is measured for Knockananna on its own.
201 people.
Population is for Knockananna 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 Knockananna, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Knockananna, Co. Wicklow, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #54 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Knockananna scores 70/100 on safety, ~43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Knockananna over the last 24 months was €270,000, with most sales between €211,250 and €312,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Knockananna over the last 24 months was €270,000, most between €211,250 and €312,000 (Property Price Register).
Knockananna is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 2 points — behind the national rise.
2 planning applications were lodged within Knockananna in the last 12 months (12 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Knockananna scores 75/100 for families and community.
Knockananna scores 37/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Knockananna is about 86 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 September 2026.