Balrothery, Co. Fingal scores 60/100 for quality of life, #55 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €452,500 (most €405,250–€467,000), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,282 people live here. It's strongest on environment and affordability, 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 60/100 are measured across the K32 Eircode area, not Balrothery alone — an area that takes in much of FINGAL. 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 Balrothery is #58 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the K32 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR North). Neither is measured for Balrothery on its own.
2,282 people.
Population is for Balrothery itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
121st most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Balrothery, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Balrothery, Co. Fingal, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #55 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and affordability.
Balrothery scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Balrothery over the last 24 months was €452,500, most between €405,250 and €467,000 (Property Price Register).
Balrothery is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 16% → 11% — faster than nationally.
14 planning applications were lodged within Balrothery in the last 12 months (64 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Balrothery scores 68/100 for families and community.
Balrothery scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Balrothery is about 30 minutes by road from Dublin.
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.