Straffan, Co. Kildare scores 70/100 for quality of life, #21 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “established, plateauing”. The median home sells for €560,000 (most €445,000–€750,000), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 557 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — affluent and stable, but growth has plateaued — don't overpay.
These seven scores and the 70/100 are measured across the W23 Eircode area, not Straffan alone — an area that takes in much of KILDARE. 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 Straffan is #28 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the W23 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for Straffan on its own.
557 people.
Population is for Straffan 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 Straffan, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Straffan, Co. Kildare, scores 70/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #21 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and local economy.
Straffan scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Straffan over the last 24 months was €560,000, with most sales between €445,000 and €750,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Straffan over the last 24 months was €560,000, most between €445,000 and €750,000 (Property Price Register).
Straffan is rated "Established, plateauing" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 10 points — faster than nationally.
About 17% of homes sold in Straffan in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
18 planning applications were lodged within Straffan in the last 12 months, covering 27 residential units (69 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Straffan scores 81/100 for families and community.
Straffan scores 73/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Straffan is about 34 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.