Dunleer, Co. Louth scores 63/100 for quality of life, #43 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €319,000 (most €228,500–€386,768), it scores 54/100 for safety (68 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,997 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below 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 Dunleer is #31 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,997 people.
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.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Dunleer, Co. Louth, scores 63/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #43 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Dunleer scores 54/100 on safety, ~68.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Dunleer over the last 24 months was €319,000, most between €228,500 and €386,768 (Property Price Register).
Dunleer is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 7% of homes sold in Dunleer in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
21 planning applications were lodged within Dunleer in the last 12 months, covering 44 residential units (120 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Dunleer scores 73/100 for families and community.
Dunleer scores 48/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Dunleer is about 48 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.