Carrick-on-Suir, Co. South Tipperary scores 53/100 for quality of life, #89 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €185,000 (most €113,750–€289,185), it scores 56/100 for safety (64.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 4,549 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 53/100 are measured across the E32 Eircode area, not Carrick-on-Suir alone — an area that takes in much of SOUTH TIPPERARY. 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 Carrick-on-Suir is #81 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the E32 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Tipperary). Neither is measured for Carrick-on-Suir on its own.
4,549 people.
Population is for Carrick-on-Suir itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
32nd most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Carrick-on-Suir, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Carrick-on-Suir, Co. South Tipperary, scores 53/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #89 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Carrick-on-Suir scores 56/100 on safety, ~64.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Carrick-on-Suir over the last 24 months was €185,000, most between €113,750 and €289,185 (Property Price Register).
Carrick-on-Suir is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 27% → 14% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
About 19% of homes sold in Carrick-on-Suir in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
23 planning applications were lodged within Carrick-on-Suir in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (157 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Carrick-on-Suir scores 72/100 for families and community.
Carrick-on-Suir scores 14/100 for schools and education, with 7 schools in the area.
Carrick-on-Suir is about 27 minutes by road from Waterford, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.