Dundalk, Co. Louth scores 62/100 for quality of life, #46 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €300,000 (most €225,000–€361,233), it scores 54/100 for safety (68 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 25,188 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 — 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 Dundalk is #31 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
25,188 people.
9th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 66 ranked.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas inside the town boundary. 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.
Dundalk, 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.
Dundalk scores 54/100 on safety, ~68.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Dundalk over the last 24 months was €300,000, most between €225,000 and €361,233 (Property Price Register).
Dundalk is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — prices up 12.2%.
About 29% of homes sold in Dundalk in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
230 planning applications were lodged within Dundalk in the last 12 months, covering 1,448 residential units (1,737 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Dundalk scores 73/100 for families and community.
Dundalk scores 38/100 for schools and education, with 26 schools in the area.
Dundalk is about 65 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.