Dromiskin, Co. Louth scores 62/100 for quality of life, #46 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €352,423 (most €299,000–€435,000), it scores 54/100 for safety (68 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,292 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
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 62/100 are measured across the A91 Eircode area, not Dromiskin alone — an area that takes in much of LOUTH. 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 Dromiskin is #31 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the A91 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Louth). Neither is measured for Dromiskin on its own.
1,292 people.
Population is for Dromiskin itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Dromiskin, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Dromiskin, Co. Louth, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #46 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Dromiskin scores 54/100 on safety, ~68.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Dromiskin over the last 24 months was €352,423, most between €299,000 and €435,000 (Property Price Register).
Dromiskin is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 9%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally.
About 42% of homes sold in Dromiskin in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
12 planning applications were lodged within Dromiskin in the last 12 months, covering 13 residential units (62 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Dromiskin scores 73/100 for families and community.
Dromiskin scores 38/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Dromiskin is about 58 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.