Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny scores 60/100 for quality of life, #35 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €352,422 (most €281,250–€396,475), it scores 65/100 for safety (43.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,305 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 60/100 are measured across the R95 Eircode area, not Thomastown alone — an area that takes in much of Kilkenny. 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 Thomastown is #27 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R95 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kilkenny/Carlow). Neither is measured for Thomastown on its own.
2,305 people.
Population is for Thomastown itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
44th 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 Thomastown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #35 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Thomastown scores 65/100 on safety, ~43.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Thomastown over the last 24 months was €352,422, with most sales between €281,250 and €396,475 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Thomastown over the last 24 months was €352,422, most between €281,250 and €396,475 (Property Price Register).
Thomastown is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, prices up 68.1%, recorded crime falling.
About 36% of homes sold in Thomastown in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
15 planning applications were lodged within Thomastown in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (113 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Thomastown scores 78/100 for families and community.
Thomastown scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Thomastown is about 34 minutes by road from Waterford, 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 October 2026.