Palmerstown, Co. Dublin City scores 66/100 for quality of life, #34 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €456,500 (most €390,000–€521,000), it scores 48/100 for safety (79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,807 people live here, down 1.9% since 2016. It's strongest on transport & services and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated July 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
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 Palmerstown is #50 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,807 people, down 1.9% since 2016.
Palmerstown, Co. Dublin City, scores 66/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #34 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Palmerstown scores 48/100 on safety, ~79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Palmerstown over the last 24 months was €456,500, most between €390,000 and €521,000 (Property Price Register).
Palmerstown is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 13% → 8%, in line with nationally, population fell 1.9% since 2016, prices up 13.0%.
About 2% of homes sold in Palmerstown in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
21 planning applications were lodged within Palmerstown in the last 12 months (79 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Palmerstown scores 62/100 for families and community.
Palmerstown scores 61/100 for schools and education.
Palmerstown is about 13 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 July 2026.