Lusk, Co. Fingal scores 70/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €436,123 (most €394,500–€458,149), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 8,479 people live here. It's strongest on environment and family & community.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 70/100 are measured across the K45 Eircode area, not Lusk alone — an area that takes in much of FINGAL. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the K45 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR North). Neither is measured for Lusk on its own.
8,479 people.
Population is for Lusk itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
96th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Lusk, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Lusk, Co. Fingal, scores 70/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on environment and family & community.
Lusk scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Lusk over the last 24 months was €436,123, most between €394,500 and €458,149 (Property Price Register).
Lusk is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise, prices up 12.2%, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 63% of homes sold in Lusk in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
34 planning applications were lodged within Lusk in the last 12 months (171 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Lusk scores 81/100 for families and community.
Lusk scores 66/100 for schools and education, with 5 schools in the area.
Lusk is about 26 minutes by road from Dublin, with 1 rail stop 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.