Quin, Co. Clare scores 66/100 for quality of life, #29 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €302,000 (most €236,500–€361,484), it scores 68/100 for safety (48.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 654 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 66/100 are measured across the V95 Eircode area, not Quin alone — an area that takes in much of CLARE. 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 Quin is #18 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V95 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Clare). Neither is measured for Quin on its own.
654 people.
Population is for Quin 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 Quin, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Quin, Co. Clare, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #29 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Quin scores 68/100 on safety, ~48.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Quin over the last 24 months was €302,000, with most sales between €236,500 and €361,484 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Quin over the last 24 months was €302,000, most between €236,500 and €361,484 (Property Price Register).
Quin is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise.
About 24% of homes sold in Quin in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
9 planning applications were lodged within Quin in the last 12 months, covering 7 residential units (37 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Quin scores 81/100 for families and community.
Quin scores 52/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Quin is about 32 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 August 2026.