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.
8,479 people.
96th 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.
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.