Malahide, Co. Fingal scores 76/100 for quality of life, #8 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “established, plateauing”. The median home sells for €600,000 (most €455,000–€850,000), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 16,373 people live here. It's strongest on local economy and environment, weakest on affordability.
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 76/100 are measured across the K36 Eircode area, not Malahide alone — an area that takes in much of FINGAL. 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 Malahide is #18 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the K36 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR North). Neither is measured for Malahide on its own.
16,373 people.
Population is for Malahide itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
49th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Counts are venues in and around the town. Per head asks whether it is well served for its size.
Ranked against large towns only. Tourist towns read high: the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Malahide, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Malahide, Co. Fingal, scores 76/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #8 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on local economy and environment.
Malahide scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Malahide over the last 24 months was €600,000, most between €455,000 and €850,000 (Property Price Register).
Malahide is rated "Established, plateauing" — unemployment fell just 0 points — lagging the national fall, prices up 12.1%, recorded crime falling.
About 22% of homes sold in Malahide in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
106 planning applications were lodged within Malahide in the last 12 months (727 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Malahide scores 71/100 for families and community.
Malahide scores 82/100 for schools and education, with 5 schools in the area.
Malahide is about 24 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.