Churchtown, Co. Dublin City scores 81/100 for quality of life, #3 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €725,000 (most €605,000–€915,000), it scores 60/100 for safety (60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,053 people live here, down 20% since 2016. It's strongest on transport & services and local economy, weakest on affordability.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
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 Churchtown is #10 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,053 people, down 20% since 2016.
Churchtown, Co. Dublin City, scores 81/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #3 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and local economy.
Churchtown scores 60/100 on safety, ~60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Churchtown over the last 24 months was €725,000, most between €605,000 and €915,000 (Property Price Register).
Churchtown is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 2 points — behind the national rise, population fell 20.0% since 2016, prices up 8.3%.
About 1% of homes sold in Churchtown in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
47 planning applications were lodged within Churchtown in the last 12 months (298 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Churchtown scores 75/100 for families and community.
Churchtown scores 86/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Churchtown is about 14 minutes by road from Dublin, with 3 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.