Milltown, Co. Kerry scores 53/100 for quality of life, #68 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €340,000 (most €263,051–€403,965), it scores 66/100 for safety (43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,118 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 53/100 are measured across the V93 Eircode area, not Milltown alone — an area that takes in much of Kerry. 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 Milltown is #66 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V93 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kerry). Neither is measured for Milltown on its own.
1,118 people.
Population is for Milltown 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 Milltown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Milltown, Co. Kerry, scores 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #68 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The V93 Eircode area around Milltown scores 66/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Kerry, records ~43.8 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Milltown on its own.
Milltown is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -8.6 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -9.2 to -7.9) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Milltown over the last 24 months was €340,000, with most sales between €263,051 and €403,965 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Milltown over the last 24 months was €340,000, most between €263,051 and €403,965 (Property Price Register).
Milltown is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 15% → 10%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise.
About 21% of homes sold in Milltown in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
9 planning applications were lodged within Milltown in the last 12 months, covering 5 residential units (42 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Milltown scores 81/100 for families and community.
Milltown scores 40/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Milltown is about 91 minutes by road from Cork.
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 October 2026.