Lucan, Co. Dublin scores 72/100 for quality of life, #15 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “established, plateauing”. The median home sells for €456,000 (most €399,955–€515,419), it scores 48/100 for safety (79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 55,785 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.
These seven scores and the 72/100 are measured across the K78 Eircode area, not Lucan 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 Lucan is #18 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the K78 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR West). Neither is measured for Lucan on its own.
55,785 people.
Population is for Lucan itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
33rd 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 Lucan, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Lucan, Co. Dublin, scores 72/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #15 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Lucan scores 48/100 on safety, ~79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Lucan over the last 24 months was €456,000, most between €399,955 and €515,419 (Property Price Register).
Lucan is rated "Established, plateauing" — unemployment fell 10% → 7%, in line with nationally, prices up 10.3%.
About 30% of homes sold in Lucan in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
224 planning applications were lodged within Lucan in the last 12 months, covering 2,453 residential units (1,385 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Lucan scores 69/100 for families and community.
Lucan scores 73/100 for schools and education, with 23 schools in the area.
Lucan is about 21 minutes by road from Dublin, with 2 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.