Chapelizod, Co. Dublin scores 66/100 for quality of life, #34 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €374,500 (most €333,500–€483,750), it scores 48/100 for safety (79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 3,397 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
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 Chapelizod is #50 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
3,397 people.
86th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Ranked against small towns only. Tourist towns read high — the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Chapelizod, Co. Dublin, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #34 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Chapelizod scores 48/100 on safety, ~79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Chapelizod over the last 24 months was €374,500, most between €333,500 and €483,750 (Property Price Register).
Chapelizod is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall.
New builds are rare in Chapelizod — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
12 planning applications were lodged within Chapelizod in the last 12 months, covering 106 residential units (138 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Chapelizod scores 62/100 for families and community.
Chapelizod scores 61/100 for schools and education, with 5 schools in the area.
Chapelizod is about 11 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.