Longwood, Co. Meath scores 67/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €350,000 (most €315,000–€396,475), it scores 47/100 for safety (76 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,685 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 67/100 are measured across the A83 Eircode area, not Longwood alone — an area that takes in much of MEATH. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the A83 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Meath). Neither is measured for Longwood on its own.
1,685 people.
Population is for Longwood 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 Longwood, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Longwood, Co. Meath, scores 67/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on transport & services and family & community.
Longwood scores 47/100 on safety, ~76.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Longwood over the last 24 months was €350,000, most between €315,000 and €396,475 (Property Price Register).
Longwood is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 9% → 6%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
About 30% of homes sold in Longwood in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Longwood in the last 12 months, covering 14 residential units (30 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Longwood scores 83/100 for families and community.
Longwood scores 34/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Longwood is about 49 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 August 2026.