Borris, Co. Carlow scores 60/100 for quality of life, #35 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €266,000 (most €182,500–€369,500), it scores 65/100 for safety (43.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 382 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 60/100 are measured across the R95 Eircode area, not Borris alone — an area that takes in much of Carlow. 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 Borris is #27 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R95 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kilkenny/Carlow). Neither is measured for Borris on its own.
382 people.
Population is for Borris 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 Borris, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Borris, Co. Carlow, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #35 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The R95 Eircode area around Borris scores 65/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Kilkenny/Carlow, records ~43.5 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Borris on its own.
Borris is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -9.2 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -10.5 to -7.9) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Borris over the last 24 months was €266,000, with most sales between €182,500 and €369,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Borris over the last 24 months was €266,000, most between €182,500 and €369,500 (Property Price Register).
Borris is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 18% → 11% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
3 planning applications were lodged within Borris in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (37 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Borris scores 78/100 for families and community.
Borris scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Borris is about 55 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.