Navan, Co. Meath scores 56/100 for quality of life, #50 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €357,500 (most €282,250–€414,097), it scores 73/100 for safety (32.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 35,754 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and affordability, 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 56/100 are measured across the C15 Eircode area, not Navan alone — an area that takes in much of Meath. 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 Navan is #52 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the C15 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Meath). Neither is measured for Navan on its own.
35,754 people.
Population is for Navan itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
65th 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 Navan, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Navan, Co. Meath, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #50 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and affordability.
The C15 Eircode area around Navan scores 73/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Meath, records ~32.6 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Navan on its own.
Navan is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -3.2 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -7.8 to -2.4) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Navan over the last 24 months was €357,500, with most sales between €282,250 and €414,097 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Navan over the last 24 months was €357,500, most between €282,250 and €414,097 (Property Price Register).
Navan is rated "Stagnating" — prices up 46.5%, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 21% of homes sold in Navan in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
168 planning applications were lodged within Navan in the last 12 months, covering 809 residential units (1,181 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Navan scores 79/100 for families and community.
Navan scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Navan is about 48 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 October 2026.