Camolin, Co. Wexford scores 57/100 for quality of life, #70 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €348,750 (most €307,500–€486,250), it scores 64/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 470 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 57/100 are measured across the Y21 Eircode area, not Camolin alone — an area that takes in much of WEXFORD. 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 Camolin is #62 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the Y21 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Wexford). Neither is measured for Camolin on its own.
470 people.
Population is for Camolin 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 Camolin, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Camolin, Co. Wexford, scores 57/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #70 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Camolin scores 64/100 on safety, ~52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Camolin over the last 24 months was €348,750, most between €307,500 and €486,250 (Property Price Register).
Camolin is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 14% → 8% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 2 points — behind the national rise.
About 3% of homes sold in Camolin in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Camolin in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (29 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Camolin scores 78/100 for families and community.
Camolin scores 20/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Camolin is about 60 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.