Kinsealy-Drinan, Co. Fingal scores 66/100 for quality of life, #35 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “established, plateauing”. The median home sells for €400,000 (most €316,500–€462,500), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 7,526 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — affluent and stable, but growth has plateaued — don't overpay.
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 Kinsealy-Drinan is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
7,526 people.
114th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
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.
Ranked against small towns only. Tourist towns read high — the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Kinsealy-Drinan, Co. Fingal, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #35 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Kinsealy-Drinan scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kinsealy-Drinan over the last 24 months was €400,000, most between €316,500 and €462,500 (Property Price Register).
Kinsealy-Drinan is rated "Established, plateauing" — unemployment fell just 0 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally, prices up 22.5%.
New builds are rare in Kinsealy-Drinan — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
16 planning applications were lodged within Kinsealy-Drinan in the last 12 months (94 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Kinsealy-Drinan scores 67/100 for families and community.
Kinsealy-Drinan scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Kinsealy-Drinan is about 21 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.