Maynooth, Co. Kildare scores 70/100 for quality of life, #21 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “established, plateauing”. The median home sells for €462,555 (most €371,000–€600,000), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 14,989 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — affluent and stable, but growth has plateaued — don't overpay.
These seven scores and the 70/100 are measured across the W23 Eircode area, not Maynooth alone — an area that takes in much of KILDARE. 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 Maynooth is #28 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the W23 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Maynooth on its own.
14,989 people.
Population is for Maynooth itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
26th 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 Maynooth, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Maynooth, 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.
Maynooth scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Maynooth over the last 24 months was €462,555, most between €371,000 and €600,000 (Property Price Register).
Maynooth is rated "Established, plateauing" — unemployment fell 9% → 5%, in line with nationally, prices up 7.1%.
About 12% of homes sold in Maynooth in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
83 planning applications were lodged within Maynooth in the last 12 months, covering 268 residential units (485 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Maynooth scores 81/100 for families and community.
Maynooth scores 73/100 for schools and education, with 9 schools in the area.
Maynooth is about 29 minutes by road from Dublin, 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.