Summerhill, Co. Meath scores 67/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €418,502 (most €352,422–€572,687), it scores 47/100 for safety (76 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 947 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated September 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 67/100 are measured across the A83 Eircode area, not Summerhill alone — an area that takes in much of MEATH. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the A83 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Meath). Neither is measured for Summerhill on its own.
947 people.
Population is for Summerhill 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 Summerhill, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Summerhill, Co. Meath, scores 67/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on transport & services and family & community.
Summerhill scores 47/100 on safety, ~76.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Summerhill over the last 24 months was €418,502, with most sales between €352,422 and €572,687 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Summerhill over the last 24 months was €418,502, most between €352,422 and €572,687 (Property Price Register).
Summerhill is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell 14% → 9%, 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 69% of homes sold in Summerhill in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
8 planning applications were lodged within Summerhill in the last 12 months, covering 11 residential units (52 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Summerhill scores 83/100 for families and community.
Summerhill scores 34/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Summerhill is about 43 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 September 2026.