Navan, Co. Meath scores 53/100 for quality of life, #90 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €350,000 (most €280,000–€407,500), it scores 47/100 for safety (76 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 35,754 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 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 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 #93 of 108 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 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #90 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Navan scores 47/100 on safety, ~76.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Navan over the last 24 months was €350,000, most between €280,000 and €407,500 (Property Price Register).
Navan is rated "Stagnating" — prices up 11.2%, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 22% of homes sold in Navan in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
176 planning applications were lodged within Navan in the last 12 months, covering 663 residential units (1,145 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Navan scores 79/100 for families and community.
Navan scores 50/100 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 August 2026.