Lehinch, Co. Clare scores 64/100 for quality of life, #25 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €350,000 (most €302,500–€510,250), it scores 70/100 for safety (38.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 445 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 64/100 are measured across the V95 Eircode area, not Lehinch alone — an area that takes in much of Clare. 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 Lehinch is #13 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V95 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Clare). Neither is measured for Lehinch on its own.
445 people.
Population is for Lehinch 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 Lehinch, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Lehinch, Co. Clare, scores 64/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #25 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
The V95 Eircode area around Lehinch scores 70/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Clare, records ~38.2 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Lehinch on its own.
Lehinch is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -5.5 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -8.8 to -2.2) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Lehinch over the last 24 months was €350,000, with most sales between €302,500 and €510,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Lehinch over the last 24 months was €350,000, most between €302,500 and €510,250 (Property Price Register).
Lehinch is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 18% → 10% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 10 points — faster than nationally.
6 planning applications were lodged within Lehinch in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (50 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Lehinch scores 80/100 for families and community.
Lehinch scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Lehinch is about 62 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 October 2026.