Cabra, Co. Dublin scores 51/100 for quality of life, #99 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €483,500 (most €410,000–€610,000), it scores 10/100 for safety (250 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 23,681 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment, weakest on safety.
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 51/100 are measured across the D07 Eircode area, not Cabra alone — an area that takes in much of Dublin. 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 Cabra is #106 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the D07 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR North Central). Neither is measured for Cabra on its own.
23,681 people.
Population is for Cabra itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
29th 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 Cabra, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Cabra, Co. Dublin, scores 51/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #99 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Cabra scores 10/100 on safety, ~250.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Cabra over the last 24 months was €483,500, most between €410,000 and €610,000 (Property Price Register).
Cabra is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 16% → 9% — faster than nationally, prices up 5.7%.
About 1% of homes sold in Cabra in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
139 planning applications were lodged within Cabra in the last 12 months, covering 86 residential units (869 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Cabra scores 31/100 for families and community.
Cabra scores 40/100 for schools and education, with 14 schools in the area.
Cabra is about 9 minutes by road from Dublin, with 7 rail stops 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.