Tallow, Co. Waterford scores 58/100 for quality of life, #67 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €197,500 (most €135,500–€237,500), it scores 56/100 for safety (67 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,022 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 58/100 are measured across the P51 Eircode area, not Tallow alone — an area that takes in much of WATERFORD. 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 Tallow is #58 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P51 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork North). Neither is measured for Tallow on its own.
1,022 people.
Population is for Tallow 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 Tallow, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Tallow, Co. Waterford, scores 58/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #67 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Tallow scores 56/100 on safety, ~67.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Tallow over the last 24 months was €197,500, with most sales between €135,500 and €237,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Tallow over the last 24 months was €197,500, most between €135,500 and €237,500 (Property Price Register).
Tallow is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 16% → 13%, in line with nationally.
About 3% of homes sold in Tallow in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
10 planning applications were lodged within Tallow in the last 12 months, covering 23 residential units (57 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Tallow scores 82/100 for families and community.
Tallow scores 41/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Tallow is about 48 minutes by road from Cork.
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.