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 €403,500 (most €317,250–€461,250), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 7,526 people live here, up 5.7% since 2016. 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, up 5.7% since 2016.
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 €403,500, most between €317,250 and €461,250 (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 21.8%.
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, and its population is growing (up 5.7% since 2016).
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.