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.
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).
235 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.
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.