Kilmore Quay, 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 €310,000 (most €280,000–€365,000), it scores 64/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 235 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 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 59/100 are measured across the Y35 Eircode area, not Kilmore Quay 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 Kilmore Quay is #58 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the Y35 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Wexford). Neither is measured for Kilmore Quay on its own.
235 people.
Population is for Kilmore Quay 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 Kilmore Quay, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kilmore Quay, 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 environment.
Kilmore Quay scores 64/100 on safety, ~52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kilmore Quay over the last 24 months was €310,000, most between €280,000 and €365,000 (Property Price Register).
Kilmore Quay is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment rose 7% → 11% — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
Kilmore Quay scores 70/100 for families and community.
Kilmore Quay scores 38/100 for schools and education.
Kilmore Quay is about 62 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.