Tarbert, Co. Kerry scores 46/100 for quality of life, #99 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €230,000 (most €155,000–€270,000), it scores 66/100 for safety (43.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 363 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
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 46/100 are measured across the V31 Eircode area, not Tarbert alone — an area that takes in much of Kerry. 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 Tarbert is #90 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the V31 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kerry). Neither is measured for Tarbert on its own.
363 people.
Population is for Tarbert 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 Tarbert, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Tarbert, Co. Kerry, scores 46/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #99 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The V31 Eircode area around Tarbert scores 66/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Kerry, records ~43.8 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Tarbert on its own.
Tarbert is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -9.6 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -11.5 to -7.8) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Tarbert over the last 24 months was €230,000, with most sales between €155,000 and €270,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Tarbert over the last 24 months was €230,000, most between €155,000 and €270,000 (Property Price Register).
Tarbert is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 16% → 10% — faster than nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
3 planning applications were lodged within Tarbert in the last 12 months (19 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Tarbert scores 78/100 for families and community.
Tarbert scores 31/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Tarbert is about 54 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.