Louth, Co. Louth scores 62/100 for quality of life, #46 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €275,000 (most €210,000–€340,000), it scores 54/100 for safety (68 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 717 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.
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 Louth is #31 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
717 people.
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.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Louth, Co. Louth, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #46 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Louth scores 54/100 on safety, ~68.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Louth over the last 24 months was €275,000, most between €210,000 and €340,000 (Property Price Register).
Louth is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 13% → 7% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 6% of homes sold in Louth in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
1 planning application was lodged within Louth in the last 12 months (45 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Louth scores 73/100 for families and community.
Louth scores 38/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Louth is about 66 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.