Cherry Orchard, Co. Dublin scores 42/100 for quality of life, #108 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €273,000 (most €240,000–€310,000), it scores 10/100 for safety (168.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 8,280 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
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 Cherry Orchard is #108 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
8,280 people.
126th 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.
Cherry Orchard, Co. Dublin, scores 42/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #108 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Cherry Orchard scores 10/100 on safety, ~168.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Cherry Orchard over the last 24 months was €273,000, most between €240,000 and €310,000 (Property Price Register).
Cherry Orchard is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 27% → 17% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 1 points — behind the national rise.
New builds are rare in Cherry Orchard — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
20 planning applications were lodged within Cherry Orchard in the last 12 months, covering 1 residential unit (77 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Cherry Orchard scores 53/100 for families and community.
Cherry Orchard scores 10/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Cherry Orchard is about 17 minutes by road from Dublin, 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 August 2026.