Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford scores 50/100 for quality of life, #79 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €315,000 (most €256,250–€356,500), it scores 53/100 for safety (57.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 138 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 50/100 are measured across the E91 Eircode area, not Ballymacarbry 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 Ballymacarbry is #71 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the E91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Tipperary). Neither is measured for Ballymacarbry on its own.
138 people.
Population is for Ballymacarbry 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 Ballymacarbry, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford, scores 50/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #79 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Ballymacarbry scores 53/100 on safety, ~57.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballymacarbry over the last 24 months was €315,000, with most sales between €256,250 and €356,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballymacarbry over the last 24 months was €315,000, most between €256,250 and €356,500 (Property Price Register).
Ballymacarbry is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 10% → 4% — faster than nationally.
4 planning applications were lodged within Ballymacarbry in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (13 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballymacarbry scores 71/100 for families and community.
Ballymacarbry scores 26/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballymacarbry is about 66 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.