Killester, Co. Dublin City scores 64/100 for quality of life, #41 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €573,000 (most €470,500–€710,000), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,356 people live here, down 15.5% since 2016. It's strongest on transport & services and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
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 Killester is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,356 people, down 15.5% since 2016.
Killester, Co. Dublin City, 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.
Killester scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Killester over the last 24 months was €573,000, most between €470,500 and €710,000 (Property Price Register).
Killester is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally, population fell 15.5% since 2016, prices up 10.3%.
New builds are rare in Killester — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
42 planning applications were lodged within Killester in the last 12 months (294 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Killester scores 77/100 for families and community.
Killester scores 26/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Killester is about 9 minutes by road from Dublin, with 3 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.