Ferns, Co. Wexford scores 57/100 for quality of life, #70 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €308,500 (most €213,125–€381,250), it scores 64/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,317 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 — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 57/100 are measured across the Y21 Eircode area, not Ferns 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 Ferns 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 Ferns on its own.
1,317 people.
Population is for Ferns 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 Ferns, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ferns, 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.
Ferns scores 64/100 on safety, ~52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ferns over the last 24 months was €308,500, with most sales between €213,125 and €381,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ferns over the last 24 months was €308,500, most between €213,125 and €381,250 (Property Price Register).
Ferns is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 20% → 13% — faster than nationally.
New builds are rare in Ferns — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
7 planning applications were lodged within Ferns in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (82 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ferns scores 78/100 for families and community.
Ferns scores 20/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Ferns is about 54 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.