Ferrybank, Co. Waterford scores 54/100 for quality of life, #61 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €275,000 (most €216,000–€321,586), it scores 55/100 for safety (58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 862 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 — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 54/100 are measured across the X91 Eircode area, not Ferrybank 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 Ferrybank 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 Ferrybank on its own.
862 people.
Population is for Ferrybank itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: a suburb’s boundary is a postal approximation, so its shops serve more people than are counted inside it.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Ferrybank, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ferrybank, 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 Ferrybank 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 Ferrybank on its own.
Ferrybank is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -10.9 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -14.8 to -7.0) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Ferrybank over the last 24 months was €275,000, with most sales between €216,000 and €321,586 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ferrybank over the last 24 months was €275,000, most between €216,000 and €321,586 (Property Price Register).
Ferrybank is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 18% → 10% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 13% of homes sold in Ferrybank in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
4 planning applications were lodged within Ferrybank in the last 12 months, covering 364 residential units (40 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ferrybank scores 65/100 for families and community.
Ferrybank scores 30/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Ferrybank is about 5 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 October 2026.