Slane, Co. Meath scores 56/100 for quality of life, #50 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €333,000 (most €258,000–€410,000), it scores 73/100 for safety (32.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,445 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and affordability, weakest on transport & services.
Updated October 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 56/100 are measured across the C15 Eircode area, not Slane alone — an area that takes in much of Meath. 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 Slane is #52 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the C15 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Meath). Neither is measured for Slane on its own.
1,445 people.
Population is for Slane 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 Slane, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Slane, Co. Meath, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #50 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and affordability.
The C15 Eircode area around Slane scores 73/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Meath, records ~32.6 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Slane on its own.
Slane is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -4.4 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -4.6 to -4.3) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Slane over the last 24 months was €333,000, with most sales between €258,000 and €410,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Slane over the last 24 months was €333,000, most between €258,000 and €410,000 (Property Price Register).
Slane is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 13% → 10%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 2 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
About 5% of homes sold in Slane in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
4 planning applications were lodged within Slane in the last 12 months, covering 5 residential units (57 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Slane scores 79/100 for families and community.
Slane scores 46/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Slane is about 47 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 October 2026.