Clongeen, Co. Wexford scores 59/100 for quality of life, #61 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €417,000 (most €300,000–€417,000), it scores 64/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 263 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 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 59/100 are measured across the Y35 Eircode area, not Clongeen 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 Clongeen is #58 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the Y35 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Wexford). Neither is measured for Clongeen on its own.
263 people.
Population is for Clongeen 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 Clongeen, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Clongeen, Co. Wexford, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #61 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Clongeen scores 64/100 on safety, ~52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Clongeen over the last 24 months was €417,000, with most sales between €300,000 and €417,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Clongeen over the last 24 months was €417,000, most between €300,000 and €417,000 (Property Price Register).
Clongeen is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 17% → 8% — faster than nationally.
1 planning application was lodged within Clongeen in the last 12 months (12 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Clongeen scores 70/100 for families and community.
Clongeen scores 38/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Clongeen is about 38 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.