Newport, Co. North Tipperary scores 58/100 for quality of life, #69 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €315,000 (most €200,000–€420,000), it scores 42/100 for safety (88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,962 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
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 Newport is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,962 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Newport, Co. North Tipperary, scores 58/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #69 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Newport scores 42/100 on safety, ~88.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Newport over the last 24 months was €315,000, most between €200,000 and €420,000 (Property Price Register).
Newport is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 11% → 6%, in line with nationally.
New builds are rare in Newport — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
10 planning applications were lodged within Newport in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (70 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Newport scores 72/100 for families and community.
Newport scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Newport is about 90 minutes by road from Galway.
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.