Rhode, Co. Offaly scores 52/100 for quality of life, #93 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €286,500 (most €227,500–€398,125), it scores 40/100 for safety (90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 841 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 52/100 are measured across the R35 Eircode area, not Rhode alone — an area that takes in much of OFFALY. 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 Rhode is #85 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R35 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Laois/Offaly). Neither is measured for Rhode on its own.
841 people.
Population is for Rhode 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 Rhode, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Rhode, Co. Offaly, scores 52/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #93 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Rhode scores 40/100 on safety, ~90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Rhode over the last 24 months was €286,500, with most sales between €227,500 and €398,125 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Rhode over the last 24 months was €286,500, most between €227,500 and €398,125 (Property Price Register).
Rhode is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 18% → 9% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
New builds are rare in Rhode — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
3 planning applications were lodged within Rhode in the last 12 months, covering 11 residential units (33 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Rhode scores 77/100 for families and community.
Rhode scores 34/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Rhode is about 66 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.