Fethard-On-Sea, Co. Wexford scores 59/100 for quality of life, #61 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €200,000 (most €145,875–€257,500), it scores 56/100 for safety (64.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 173 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 — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
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 Fethard-On-Sea is #50 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
173 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Fethard-On-Sea, 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 transport & services.
Fethard-On-Sea scores 56/100 on safety, ~64.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Fethard-On-Sea over the last 24 months was €200,000, most between €145,875 and €257,500 (Property Price Register).
Fethard-On-Sea is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall.
3 planning applications were lodged within Fethard-On-Sea in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (30 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Fethard-On-Sea scores 72/100 for families and community.
Fethard-On-Sea scores 29/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Fethard-On-Sea is about 39 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.