The Swan, Co. Laois scores 57/100 for quality of life, #72 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €264,313 (most €264,312–€281,939), it scores 63/100 for safety (55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 275 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 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 57/100 are measured across the R14 Eircode area, not The Swan alone — an area that takes in much of LAOIS. 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 The Swan is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the R14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kildare). Neither is measured for The Swan on its own.
275 people.
Population is for The Swan 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 The Swan, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
The Swan, Co. Laois, scores 57/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #72 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
The Swan scores 63/100 on safety, ~55.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in The Swan over the last 24 months was €264,313, most between €264,312 and €281,939 (Property Price Register).
The Swan is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 25% → 12% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally.
The Swan scores 71/100 for families and community.
The Swan scores 34/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
The Swan is about 68 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.