Limerick, Co. Limerick City scores 58/100 for quality of life, #69 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €341,000 (most €237,500–€409,846), it scores 42/100 for safety (88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 100,639 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 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 58/100 are measured across the V94 Eircode area, not Limerick alone — an area that takes in much of LIMERICK CITY. 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 Limerick is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V94 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Limerick). Neither is measured for Limerick on its own.
100,639 people.
Population is for Limerick itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
3rd most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Ranked against large towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Limerick, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Limerick, Co. Limerick City, scores 58/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #69 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Limerick scores 42/100 on safety, ~88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Limerick over the last 24 months was €341,000, most between €237,500 and €409,846 (Property Price Register).
Limerick is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 18% → 11% — faster than nationally, prices up 78.9%.
About 14% of homes sold in Limerick in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
397 planning applications were lodged within Limerick in the last 12 months, covering 2,940 residential units (2,628 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Limerick scores 72/100 for families and community.
Limerick scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 40 schools in the area.
Limerick is about 2 minutes by road from Limerick, with 1 rail stop 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.