Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow scores 60/100 for quality of life, #54 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €245,000 (most €189,000–€320,000), it scores 70/100 for safety (43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 183 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
Below 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 Shillelagh is #50 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
183 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.
Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #54 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Shillelagh scores 70/100 on safety, ~43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Shillelagh over the last 24 months was €245,000, most between €189,000 and €320,000 (Property Price Register).
Shillelagh is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 17% → 9% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 1 points — behind the national rise.
2 planning applications were lodged within Shillelagh in the last 12 months (11 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Shillelagh scores 75/100 for families and community.
Shillelagh scores 37/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Shillelagh is about 79 minutes by road from Waterford.
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.