Portmarnock, Co. Fingal scores 73/100 for quality of life, #13 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €660,793 (most €521,118–€764,279), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 8,856 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 73/100 are measured across the D13 Eircode area, not Portmarnock 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 Portmarnock is #18 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the D13 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR North). Neither is measured for Portmarnock on its own.
8,856 people.
Population is for Portmarnock itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
61st most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Portmarnock, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Portmarnock, Co. Fingal, scores 73/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #13 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Portmarnock scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Portmarnock over the last 24 months was €660,793, most between €521,118 and €764,279 (Property Price Register).
Portmarnock is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall.
About 39% of homes sold in Portmarnock in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
53 planning applications were lodged within Portmarnock in the last 12 months (335 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Portmarnock scores 70/100 for families and community.
Portmarnock scores 58/100 for schools and education, with 6 schools in the area.
Portmarnock 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.