Abbeyleix, Co. Laois scores 53/100 for quality of life, #91 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €277,500 (most €231,250–€384,250), it scores 40/100 for safety (90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,897 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
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 Abbeyleix is #85 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,897 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, scores 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #91 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Abbeyleix scores 40/100 on safety, ~90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Abbeyleix over the last 24 months was €277,500, most between €231,250 and €384,250 (Property Price Register).
Abbeyleix is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 13% → 9%, in line with nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 2% of homes sold in Abbeyleix in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
34 planning applications were lodged within Abbeyleix in the last 12 months, covering 91 residential units (161 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Abbeyleix scores 78/100 for families and community.
Abbeyleix scores 44/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Abbeyleix 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 August 2026.