Lawcus-Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny scores 60/100 for quality of life, #35 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “established, plateauing”. The median home sells for €443,000 (most €443,000–€443,000), it scores 65/100 for safety (43.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 185 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — affluent and stable, but growth has plateaued — don't overpay.
These seven scores and the 60/100 are measured across the R95 Eircode area, not Lawcus-Stoneyford alone — an area that takes in much of Kilkenny. 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 Lawcus-Stoneyford is #27 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R95 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kilkenny/Carlow). Neither is measured for Lawcus-Stoneyford on its own.
185 people.
Population is for Lawcus-Stoneyford 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 Lawcus-Stoneyford, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Lawcus-Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #35 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Lawcus-Stoneyford scores 65/100 on safety, ~43.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Lawcus-Stoneyford over the last 24 months was €443,000, with most sales between €443,000 and €443,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Lawcus-Stoneyford over the last 24 months was €443,000, most between €443,000 and €443,000 (Property Price Register).
Lawcus-Stoneyford is rated "Established, plateauing" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally.
2 planning applications were lodged within Lawcus-Stoneyford in the last 12 months (5 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Lawcus-Stoneyford scores 78/100 for families and community.
Lawcus-Stoneyford scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Lawcus-Stoneyford is about 33 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 October 2026.