Portrane, Co. Dublin scores 74/100 for quality of life, #7 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “established, plateauing”. The median home sells for €495,000 (most €413,500–€602,000), it scores 57/100 for safety (54 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,262 people live here. It's strongest on environment and schools & education, weakest on affordability.
Updated October 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 74/100 are measured across the K36 Eircode area, not Portrane alone — an area that takes in much of Dublin. 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 Portrane is #13 of 107 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 Portrane on its own.
1,262 people.
Population is for Portrane 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 Portrane, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Portrane, Co. Dublin, scores 74/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #7 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and schools & education.
The K36 Eircode area around Portrane scores 57/100 on safety. Its Garda division, DMR North, records ~54.0 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Portrane on its own.
Portrane is rated "affluent" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging +5.6 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range +4.8 to +6.5) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Portrane over the last 24 months was €495,000, with most sales between €413,500 and €602,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Portrane over the last 24 months was €495,000, most between €413,500 and €602,000 (Property Price Register).
Portrane is rated "Established, plateauing" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally.
9 planning applications were lodged within Portrane in the last 12 months (54 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Portrane scores 69/100 for families and community.
Portrane scores 78/100 for schools and education.
Portrane is about 29 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 October 2026.