The median home sells for €445,000 (most €395,000–€700,000), 523 people live here.
Updated September 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
523 people.
Population is for Oldtown itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Oldtown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
The median sale price in Oldtown over the last 24 months was €445,000, with most sales between €395,000 and €700,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Oldtown over the last 24 months was €445,000, most between €395,000 and €700,000 (Property Price Register).
Oldtown is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
Oldtown is about 31 minutes by road from Dublin.
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 September 2026.