Clontarf, Co. Dublin scores 66/100 for quality of life, #29 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €650,000 (most €490,000–€855,750), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 33,922 people live here, up 3.5% since 2016. It's strongest on transport & services and environment, weakest on family & community.
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 Clontarf is #62 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
33,922 people, up 3.5% since 2016.
37th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 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 large towns only. Tourist towns read high — the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Clontarf, Co. Dublin, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #29 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Clontarf scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Clontarf over the last 24 months was €650,000, most between €490,000 and €855,750 (Property Price Register).
Clontarf is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, population grew just 3.5% vs 8% nationally, prices up 29.3%, recorded crime falling.
About 5% of homes sold in Clontarf in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
325 planning applications were lodged within Clontarf in the last 12 months, covering 28 residential units (2,588 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Clontarf scores 37/100 for families and community, and its population is growing (up 3.5% since 2016).
Clontarf scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 14 schools in the area.
Clontarf is about 10 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.