Newcastle West, Co. Limerick scores 47/100 for quality of life, #97 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €259,000 (most €182,500–€310,000), it scores 53/100 for safety (60.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 6,933 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 47/100 are measured across the V42 Eircode area, not Newcastle West alone — an area that takes in much of Limerick. 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 Newcastle West is #90 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V42 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Limerick). Neither is measured for Newcastle West on its own.
6,933 people.
Population is for Newcastle West itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
26th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Newcastle West, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, scores 47/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #97 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The V42 Eircode area around Newcastle West scores 53/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Limerick, records ~60.4 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Newcastle West on its own.
Newcastle West is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -7.7 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -11.3 to +1.8) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Newcastle West over the last 24 months was €259,000, with most sales between €182,500 and €310,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Newcastle West over the last 24 months was €259,000, most between €182,500 and €310,000 (Property Price Register).
Newcastle West is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 19% → 10% — faster than nationally, prices up 18.6%, recorded crime falling.
About 14% of homes sold in Newcastle West in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
37 planning applications were lodged within Newcastle West in the last 12 months, covering 33 residential units (225 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Newcastle West scores 81/100 for families and community.
Newcastle West scores 28/100 for schools and education, with 5 schools in the area.
Newcastle West is about 40 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.