Ballinroad, Co. Waterford scores 52/100 for quality of life, #94 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €355,000 (most €322,500–€407,475), it scores 51/100 for safety (75.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,389 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 52/100 are measured across the X35 Eircode area, not Ballinroad alone — an area that takes in much of WATERFORD. 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 Ballinroad is #93 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the X35 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Waterford). Neither is measured for Ballinroad on its own.
1,389 people.
Population is for Ballinroad 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 Ballinroad, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballinroad, Co. Waterford, scores 52/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #94 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Ballinroad scores 51/100 on safety, ~75.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballinroad over the last 24 months was €355,000, most between €322,500 and €407,475 (Property Price Register).
Ballinroad is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 11% → 6%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 2 points — behind the national rise.
New builds are rare in Ballinroad — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
11 planning applications were lodged within Ballinroad in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (57 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballinroad scores 73/100 for families and community.
Ballinroad scores 30/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballinroad is about 42 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.