Wexford, Co. Wexford scores 59/100 for quality of life, #61 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €275,000 (most €200,000–€350,000), it scores 64/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 22,366 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 59/100 are measured across the Y35 Eircode area, not Wexford alone — an area that takes in much of WEXFORD. 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 Wexford is #58 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the Y35 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Wexford). Neither is measured for Wexford on its own.
22,366 people.
Population is for Wexford itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
7th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Ranked against large towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Wexford, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Wexford, Co. Wexford, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #61 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Wexford scores 64/100 on safety, ~52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Wexford over the last 24 months was €275,000, most between €200,000 and €350,000 (Property Price Register).
Wexford is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 0 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise, prices up 37.8%.
About 13% of homes sold in Wexford in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
143 planning applications were lodged within Wexford in the last 12 months, covering 1,460 residential units (1,068 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Wexford scores 70/100 for families and community.
Wexford scores 38/100 for schools and education, with 13 schools in the area.
Wexford is about 50 minutes by road from Waterford, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.