Adamstown, Co. Wexford scores 50/100 for quality of life, #81 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €300,000 (most €262,750–€391,250), it scores 64/100 for safety (45.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 326 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 50/100 are measured across the Y21 Eircode area, not Adamstown alone — an area that takes in much of Wexford. 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 Adamstown is #75 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the Y21 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Wexford). Neither is measured for Adamstown on its own.
326 people.
Population is for Adamstown 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 Adamstown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Adamstown, Co. Wexford, scores 50/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #81 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The Y21 Eircode area around Adamstown scores 64/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Wexford, records ~45.7 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Adamstown on its own.
Adamstown is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -8.5 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -8.7 to -8.3) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Adamstown over the last 24 months was €300,000, with most sales between €262,750 and €391,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Adamstown over the last 24 months was €300,000, most between €262,750 and €391,250 (Property Price Register).
Adamstown is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 21% → 14% — faster than nationally.
1 planning application was lodged within Adamstown in the last 12 months (14 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Adamstown scores 77/100 for families and community.
Adamstown scores 18/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Adamstown is about 38 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.