Kimmage, Co. Dublin scores 56/100 for quality of life, #77 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €513,000 (most €411,625–€699,750), it scores 48/100 for safety (79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 20,136 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 56/100 are measured across the D12 Eircode area, not Kimmage 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 Kimmage is #99 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the D12 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR West). Neither is measured for Kimmage on its own.
20,136 people.
Population is for Kimmage itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
52nd most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Ranked against large towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Kimmage, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kimmage, Co. Dublin, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #77 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Kimmage scores 48/100 on safety, ~79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kimmage over the last 24 months was €513,000, most between €411,625 and €699,750 (Property Price Register).
Kimmage is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 13% → 8%, in line with nationally.
About 2% of homes sold in Kimmage in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
129 planning applications were lodged within Kimmage in the last 12 months, covering 175 residential units (843 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Kimmage scores 52/100 for families and community.
Kimmage scores 24/100 for schools and education, with 10 schools in the area.
Kimmage is about 12 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.