Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny scores 47/100 for quality of life, #97 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €223,750 (most €138,750–€251,875), it scores 53/100 for safety (57.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 881 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 — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 47/100 are measured across the E41 Eircode area, not Urlingford 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 Urlingford is #90 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the E41 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Tipperary). Neither is measured for Urlingford on its own.
881 people.
Population is for Urlingford 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 Urlingford, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny, scores 47/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #97 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Urlingford scores 53/100 on safety, ~57.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Urlingford over the last 24 months was €223,750, with most sales between €138,750 and €251,875 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Urlingford over the last 24 months was €223,750, most between €138,750 and €251,875 (Property Price Register).
Urlingford is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 27% → 16% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
3 planning applications were lodged within Urlingford in the last 12 months (28 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Urlingford scores 78/100 for families and community.
Urlingford scores 26/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Urlingford is about 70 minutes by road from Waterford.
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.