Nurney, Co. Kildare scores 54/100 for quality of life, #88 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €439,647 (most €371,250–€451,675), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 497 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 54/100 are measured across the R51 Eircode area, not Nurney 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 Nurney is #93 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R51 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Nurney on its own.
497 people.
Population is for Nurney itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Nurney, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Nurney, Co. Kildare, scores 54/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #88 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Nurney scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Nurney over the last 24 months was €439,647, with most sales between €371,250 and €451,675 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Nurney over the last 24 months was €439,647, most between €371,250 and €451,675 (Property Price Register).
Nurney is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 14% → 8% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise.
11 planning applications were lodged within Nurney in the last 12 months (21 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Nurney scores 74/100 for families and community.
Nurney scores 36/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Nurney is about 55 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.