Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny scores 54/100 for quality of life, #61 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €247,500 (most €225,250–€319,375), it scores 55/100 for safety (58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,184 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 54/100 are measured across the X91 Eircode area, not Mooncoin alone — an area that takes in much of Kilkenny. 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 Mooncoin is #52 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the X91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Waterford). Neither is measured for Mooncoin on its own.
1,184 people.
Population is for Mooncoin 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 Mooncoin, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny, scores 54/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #61 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
The X91 Eircode area around Mooncoin scores 55/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Waterford, records ~58.0 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Mooncoin on its own.
Mooncoin is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -8.2 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -10.6 to -3.6) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Mooncoin over the last 24 months was €247,500, with most sales between €225,250 and €319,375 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Mooncoin over the last 24 months was €247,500, most between €225,250 and €319,375 (Property Price Register).
Mooncoin is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 15% → 10%, in line with nationally.
9 planning applications were lodged within Mooncoin in the last 12 months, covering 49 residential units (38 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Mooncoin scores 65/100 for families and community.
Mooncoin scores 30/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Mooncoin is about 14 minutes by road from Waterford.
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.