Patrickswell, Co. Limerick scores 57/100 for quality of life, #45 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €384,130 (most €344,209–€440,528), it scores 53/100 for safety (60.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 848 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated November 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 57/100 are measured across the V94 Eircode area, not Patrickswell 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 Patrickswell is #38 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V94 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Limerick). Neither is measured for Patrickswell on its own.
848 people.
Population is for Patrickswell 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 Patrickswell, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Patrickswell, Co. Limerick, scores 57/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #45 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
The V94 Eircode area around Patrickswell 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 Patrickswell on its own.
Patrickswell is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -6.4 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -6.4 to -6.4) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Patrickswell over the last 24 months was €384,130, with most sales between €344,209 and €440,528 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Patrickswell over the last 24 months was €384,130, most between €344,209 and €440,528 (Property Price Register).
Patrickswell is rated "On the up — emerging" — recorded crime falling.
About 70% of homes sold in Patrickswell in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Patrickswell in the last 12 months, covering 48 residential units (58 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Patrickswell scores 71/100 for families and community.
Patrickswell scores 44/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Patrickswell is about 14 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 November 2026.