Glencullen, Co. Dun Laoghaire/rathdown scores 77/100 for quality of life, #7 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €722,500 (most €621,250–€823,750), it scores 60/100 for safety (60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 376 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and local economy, weakest on affordability.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 77/100 are measured across the D18 Eircode area, not Glencullen alone — an area that takes in much of DUN LAOGHAIRE/RATHDOWN. 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 Glencullen is #10 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the D18 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR South). Neither is measured for Glencullen on its own.
376 people.
Population is for Glencullen 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 Glencullen, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Glencullen, Co. Dun Laoghaire/rathdown, scores 77/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #7 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and local economy.
Glencullen scores 60/100 on safety, ~60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Glencullen over the last 24 months was €722,500, most between €621,250 and €823,750 (Property Price Register).
Glencullen is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall.
5 planning applications were lodged within Glencullen in the last 12 months (35 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Glencullen scores 63/100 for families and community.
Glencullen scores 70/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Glencullen is about 29 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.