Leixlip, Co. Kildare scores 70/100 for quality of life, #21 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €440,529 (most €405,286–€471,366), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 15,702 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
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 Leixlip is #28 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
15,702 people.
51st most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Ranked against large towns only. Tourist towns read high — the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Leixlip, Co. Kildare, scores 70/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #21 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and local economy.
Leixlip scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Leixlip over the last 24 months was €440,529, most between €405,286 and €471,366 (Property Price Register).
Leixlip is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 9% → 6%, in line with nationally, prices up 42.2%.
About 61% of homes sold in Leixlip in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
74 planning applications were lodged within Leixlip in the last 12 months, covering 304 residential units (559 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Leixlip scores 81/100 for families and community.
Leixlip scores 73/100 for schools and education, with 9 schools in the area.
Leixlip is about 24 minutes by road from Dublin, with 2 rail stops nearby.
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 August 2026.