Dublin, Co. Dublin City scores 66/100 for quality of life, #35 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €510,000 (most €385,000–€720,000), it scores 48/100 for safety (79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,240,818 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 66/100 are measured across the D15 Eircode area, not Dublin alone — an area that takes in much of DUBLIN CITY. 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 Dublin is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the D15 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR West). Neither is measured for Dublin on its own.
1,240,818 people.
Population is for Dublin itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
1st most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Counts are venues in and around the town. Per head asks whether it 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.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Dublin, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Dublin, Co. Dublin City, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #35 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Dublin scores 48/100 on safety, ~79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Dublin over the last 24 months was €510,000, most between €385,000 and €720,000 (Property Price Register).
Dublin is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 12% → 8%, in line with nationally, prices up 26.8%.
About 3% of homes sold in Dublin in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
7231 planning applications were lodged within Dublin in the last 12 months, covering 13,419 residential units (48,667 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Dublin scores 60/100 for families and community.
Dublin scores 63/100 for schools and education, with 204 schools in the area.
Dublin is about 6 minutes by road from Dublin, with 85 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.