Ballycolla, Co. Laois scores 53/100 for quality of life, #91 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €210,000 (most €205,000–€215,000), it scores 40/100 for safety (90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 133 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 — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind 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 Ballycolla is #85 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
133 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.
Ballycolla, 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.
Ballycolla scores 40/100 on safety, ~90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballycolla over the last 24 months was €210,000, most between €205,000 and €215,000 (Property Price Register).
Ballycolla is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall.
4 planning applications were lodged within Ballycolla in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (20 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballycolla scores 78/100 for families and community.
Ballycolla scores 44/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballycolla is about 67 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.