Listowel, Co. Kerry scores 66/100 for quality of life, #32 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €250,000 (most €185,000–€309,000), it scores 72/100 for safety (42.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 4,063 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below 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 Listowel is #10 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
4,063 people.
105th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 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 small towns only. Tourist towns read high — the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Listowel, Co. Kerry, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #32 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Listowel scores 72/100 on safety, ~42.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Listowel over the last 24 months was €250,000, most between €185,000 and €309,000 (Property Price Register).
Listowel is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 22% → 14% — faster than nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 1% of homes sold in Listowel in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
21 planning applications were lodged within Listowel in the last 12 months, covering 33 residential units (197 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Listowel scores 72/100 for families and community.
Listowel scores 29/100 for schools and education, with 6 schools in the area.
Listowel is about 70 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 August 2026.