Clashmore, Co. Waterford scores 56/100 for quality of life, #52 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €245,000 (most €168,106–€447,813), it scores 58/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 280 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 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 56/100 are measured across the P36 Eircode area, not Clashmore 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 Clashmore is #38 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P36 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Clashmore on its own.
280 people.
Population is for Clashmore 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 Clashmore, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Clashmore, Co. Waterford, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #52 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
The P36 Eircode area around Clashmore scores 58/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Cork City, records ~52.9 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Clashmore on its own.
Clashmore is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -3.5 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -9.2 to +0.9) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Clashmore over the last 24 months was €245,000, with most sales between €168,106 and €447,813 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Clashmore over the last 24 months was €245,000, most between €168,106 and €447,813 (Property Price Register).
Clashmore is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 12% → 7%, in line with nationally.
2 planning applications were lodged within Clashmore in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (10 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Clashmore scores 76/100 for families and community.
Clashmore scores 52/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Clashmore is about 51 minutes by road from Cork.
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.