Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 500 residents and lies in Co. Waterford. It grew by 11% between the 2016 and 2022 censuses.
At a median €298,000, a home costs 6 times the town’s median household income. 3% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 30 buildings here. It skews older: 20% of residents are 65 or over.
At under 1,000 residents, Stradbally is too small for the grades Irish towns get.
The 3 things Stradbally does most differently from other towns.
The record adds 5 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 11%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Stradbally.
Bunmahon Beach, 6.3 km from Stradbally, is the closest bathing water; it was rated excellent in 2025. 100% of its homes sit in high-radon areas, above Co. Waterford’s towns (69%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. Next to none of its homes lie low beside a river or the sea.
| Share of homes | Stradbally | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 100% | 69% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Across the year, Stradbally averages 10.5°C. 1,115 mm of rain falls in a year, above Co. Waterford’s towns (1,022 mm) and Irish towns (937 mm) alike. January nights in Stradbally drop to 3.2°C on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Stradbally | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.5°C | 20.2°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,115 mm | 1,022 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.5°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 3.2°C | 3.4°C | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Allowing for its ages, Stradbally has 100 residents with a disability per 100 expected, below both Co. Waterford’s towns (111) and Irish towns (106). Unpaid caring falls to 6.8% of the town’s residents. 1.6% of residents report bad or very bad health.
| Census 2022 | Stradbally | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 6.8% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2% |
| Good or very good health | 89% | 87% | 88% |
| With a disability | 23% | 24% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
13% of households are private tenants. Social renters account for 15% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €298,000 | 41 |
| Housing | Stradbally | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 70% | 59% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 13% | 16% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 15% | 19% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €298K | €294K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Protected sites cover 6.7% of the land within 5 km, above Co. Waterford’s towns (5.5%) and Irish towns (1.8%) alike. Among the protected sites near Stradbally is Mid-Waterford Coast SPA. Per 1,000 residents, Stradbally has 9.2 ha of green space.
| Outdoors | Stradbally | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea within 5 km | 35% | 0% | 0% |
| Near a park | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 4.2% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.1 km per km² | 1.1 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Rain of about 1 mm rides in on the wind today (40 km/h); the low is 9°C. Plan indoor things for Tuesday, when about 5 mm of rain is forecast. December follows with normal highs of 9°C and lows of 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 312 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 231 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 252 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 320 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Driving is how 89% of commuters got to work at the census. Working mainly from home: 8.1% of workers, below both Co. Waterford’s towns (10%) and Irish towns (11%). Getting to work takes 28.3 min on average.
| Census 2022 | Stradbally | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 28.3 min | 20.4 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 29% | 47% | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 7.7% | 11% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 67% | 65% | 68% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
One measure of family life: 23% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, higher than both Co. Waterford’s towns (16%) and Irish towns (14%). Graduates make up 33% of adults.
Women make up 49.8% of Stradbally
249 women and 251 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Stradbally | Co. Waterford | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 11% | 12% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 18% | 18% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 30% | 36% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 8.6% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 33% | 29% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Waterford and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
56% of voters cast a ballot at the general election. Waterford City and County Council is the one council for Stradbally; Ireland has no town or county councils between it and the government. Turnout at the last local elections was 51%, above both Co. Waterford’s towns (48%) and Irish towns (46%). With 8 of 32 seats, Independent are the largest group on Waterford City and County Council, short of the 17 a majority needs.
| Turnout | Stradbally | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 51% | 48% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 56% | 56% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The Sites and Monuments Record lists 5 sites here, below Co. Waterford’s towns (10) and Irish towns (11) alike.
| Heritage | Stradbally | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 600 | 34 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 11.2% | 2.6% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 5 | 10 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Families in Stradbally have 2 schools within 3 km to choose from: 2 primary schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Mercy N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 110 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Stradbally | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 41% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 6% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · There are no letters or results on these cards, because Ireland publishes none school by school.
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Stradbally; with it, the best known within 40 km.
Castle · Office of Public WorksOrmond Castle24 km north
CathedralCathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford28 km northeast
MuseumReginald's Tower28 km northeast
CastleLismore Castle33 km west
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral28 km northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Stradbally has 30 buildings on the national inventory of architectural heritage, 1 of them rated of national or international importance. Archaeologists have recorded 5 sites here.
No notable person born in Stradbally is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Ernest Walton: Nobel foundation, Public domain · Moe Dunford: German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0 · James Vincent Cleary: William Cochrane (1831-1898) and John Castell Hopkins (1864-1923), Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stradbally | 500 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ballinroad | 1,389 | 8.6 | — | B− | C | B |
| Dungarvan | 10,081 | 12 | C+ | B− | C | C+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Stradbally had 500 people at the 2022 census, up from 449 in 2016: 11.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Stradbally is 43.2, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
8% mostly work from home, and 29% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Urban area in Co. Waterford
Stradbally has 500 people, in the area of Waterford City and County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).