Dunmore East, Co. Waterford scores 54/100 for quality of life, #61 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €370,044 (most €342,582–€455,000), it scores 55/100 for safety (58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,731 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 — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 54/100 are measured across the X91 Eircode area, not Dunmore East 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 Dunmore East is #52 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the X91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Waterford). Neither is measured for Dunmore East on its own.
1,731 people.
Population is for Dunmore East 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 Dunmore East, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford, scores 54/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #61 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
The X91 Eircode area around Dunmore East scores 55/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Waterford, records ~58.0 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Dunmore East on its own.
Dunmore East is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -4.0 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -7.8 to +1.4) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Dunmore East over the last 24 months was €370,044, with most sales between €342,582 and €455,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Dunmore East over the last 24 months was €370,044, most between €342,582 and €455,000 (Property Price Register).
Dunmore East is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
About 46% of homes sold in Dunmore East in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
34 planning applications were lodged within Dunmore East in the last 12 months, covering 67 residential units (246 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Dunmore East scores 65/100 for families and community.
Dunmore East scores 30/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Dunmore East is about 21 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 October 2026.