Sixmilebridge, 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 €330,000 (most €263,000–€375,000), it scores 68/100 for safety (48.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,832 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About 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 Sixmilebridge 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 Sixmilebridge 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 Sixmilebridge on its own.
2,832 people.
Population is for Sixmilebridge itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
129th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Sixmilebridge, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Sixmilebridge, 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.
Sixmilebridge scores 68/100 on safety, ~48.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Sixmilebridge over the last 24 months was €330,000, most between €263,000 and €375,000 (Property Price Register).
Sixmilebridge is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell 11% → 8%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 34% of homes sold in Sixmilebridge in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
10 planning applications were lodged within Sixmilebridge in the last 12 months, covering 38 residential units (65 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Sixmilebridge scores 81/100 for families and community.
Sixmilebridge scores 52/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Sixmilebridge is about 20 minutes by road from Limerick, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.