Borris-In-Ossory, Co. Laois scores 53/100 for quality of life, #91 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €189,000 (most €110,750–€231,250), it scores 40/100 for safety (90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 393 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated September 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 53/100 are measured across the R32 Eircode area, not Borris-In-Ossory alone — an area that takes in much of LAOIS. 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-In-Ossory is #85 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R32 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Laois/Offaly). Neither is measured for Borris-In-Ossory on its own.
393 people.
Population is for Borris-In-Ossory 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-In-Ossory, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Borris-In-Ossory, 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.
Borris-In-Ossory scores 40/100 on safety, ~90.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Borris-In-Ossory over the last 24 months was €189,000, with most sales between €110,750 and €231,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Borris-In-Ossory over the last 24 months was €189,000, most between €110,750 and €231,250 (Property Price Register).
Borris-In-Ossory is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 18% → 10% — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
1 planning application was lodged within Borris-In-Ossory in the last 12 months (24 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Borris-In-Ossory scores 78/100 for families and community.
Borris-In-Ossory scores 44/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Borris-In-Ossory is about 60 minutes by road from Limerick.
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 September 2026.