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 €274,825 (most €199,375–€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 July 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
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).
22,366 people.
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 €274,825, most between €199,375 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 40.5%.
About 22% of homes sold in Wexford in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
137 planning applications were lodged within Wexford in the last 12 months, covering 1,460 residential units (1,046 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 July 2026.