Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow scores 56/100 for quality of life, #74 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €248,000 (most €204,750–€361,250), it scores 62/100 for safety (57.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 582 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, 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 Leighlinbridge is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
582 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.
Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #74 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Leighlinbridge scores 62/100 on safety, ~57.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Leighlinbridge over the last 24 months was €248,000, most between €204,750 and €361,250 (Property Price Register).
Leighlinbridge is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 14% → 9%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
1 planning application was lodged within Leighlinbridge in the last 12 months (20 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Leighlinbridge scores 70/100 for families and community.
Leighlinbridge scores 42/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Leighlinbridge is about 49 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.