Harmonstown, Co. Dublin scores 64/100 for quality of life, #41 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €480,000 (most €430,000–€555,500), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 5,769 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
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 64/100 are measured across the D05 Eircode area, not Harmonstown alone — an area that takes in much of Dublin. 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 Harmonstown is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the D05 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR North). Neither is measured for Harmonstown on its own.
5,769 people.
Population is for Harmonstown itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
119th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Harmonstown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Harmonstown, Co. Dublin, scores 64/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #41 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and family & community.
Harmonstown scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Harmonstown over the last 24 months was €480,000, most between €430,000 and €555,500 (Property Price Register).
Harmonstown is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 13% → 8%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally.
New builds are rare in Harmonstown — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
42 planning applications were lodged within Harmonstown in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (271 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Harmonstown scores 77/100 for families and community.
Harmonstown scores 26/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Harmonstown is about 13 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.