Monkstown, Co. Dublin City scores 82/100 for quality of life, #1 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €725,000 (most €495,000–€1,185,000), it scores 71/100 for safety (41.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,388 people live here, down 8% since 2016. It's strongest on local economy and transport & services, weakest on affordability.
Updated July 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
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 Monkstown is #4 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
2,388 people, down 8% since 2016.
Monkstown, Co. Dublin City, scores 82/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #1 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on local economy and transport & services.
Monkstown scores 71/100 on safety, ~41.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Monkstown over the last 24 months was €725,000, most between €495,000 and €1,185,000 (Property Price Register).
Monkstown is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, population fell 8.0% since 2016, prices up 8.5%.
New builds are rare in Monkstown — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
58 planning applications were lodged within Monkstown in the last 12 months (391 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Monkstown scores 76/100 for families and community.
Monkstown scores 85/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Monkstown is about 17 minutes by road from Dublin, with 4 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 July 2026.