Gowran, Co. Kilkenny scores 62/100 for quality of life, #44 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €340,500 (most €240,000–€522,500), it scores 62/100 for safety (57.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 847 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
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 Gowran is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
847 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.
Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #44 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Gowran scores 62/100 on safety, ~57.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Gowran over the last 24 months was €340,500, most between €240,000 and €522,500 (Property Price Register).
Gowran is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 11% → 7%, in line with nationally.
6 planning applications were lodged within Gowran in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (34 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Gowran scores 78/100 for families and community.
Gowran scores 43/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Gowran is about 47 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.