Stradbally, Co. Waterford scores 60/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €310,000 (most €230,000–€400,000), it scores 55/100 for safety (58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 500 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on transport & services.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 60/100 are measured across the X42 Eircode area, not Stradbally alone — an area that takes in much of Waterford. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the X42 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Waterford). Neither is measured for Stradbally on its own.
500 people.
Population is for Stradbally 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 Stradbally, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Stradbally, Co. Waterford, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and environment.
The X42 Eircode area around Stradbally scores 55/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Waterford, records ~58.0 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Stradbally on its own.
Stradbally is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -8.5 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -9.6 to -7.4) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Stradbally over the last 24 months was €310,000, with most sales between €230,000 and €400,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Stradbally over the last 24 months was €310,000, most between €230,000 and €400,000 (Property Price Register).
Stradbally is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 16% → 10% — faster than nationally.
5 planning applications were lodged within Stradbally in the last 12 months, covering 2 residential units (40 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Stradbally scores 79/100 for families and community.
Stradbally scores 51/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Stradbally is about 73 minutes by road from Dublin.
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.