Naas, Co. Kildare scores 66/100 for quality of life, #28 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “established, plateauing”. The median home sells for €445,000 (most €345,000–€546,256), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 23,127 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and environment.
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 66/100 are measured across the W91 Eircode area, not Naas 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 Naas is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the W91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Naas on its own.
23,127 people.
Population is for Naas itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
35th 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 Naas, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Naas, Co. Kildare, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #28 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and environment.
Naas scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Naas over the last 24 months was €445,000, most between €345,000 and €546,256 (Property Price Register).
Naas is rated "Established, plateauing" — unemployment fell 10% → 6%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 10 points — faster than nationally, prices up 14.9%, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 21% of homes sold in Naas in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
152 planning applications were lodged within Naas in the last 12 months, covering 226 residential units (956 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Naas scores 81/100 for families and community.
Naas scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 13 schools in the area.
Naas is about 37 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.