Raheny, Co. Dublin scores 64/100 for quality of life, #41 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €521,412 (most €440,000–€678,500), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 8,734 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated July 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — and pulling ahead of 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 Raheny is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
8,734 people.
Raheny, Co. Dublin, scores 64/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #41 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and family & community.
Raheny scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Raheny over the last 24 months was €521,412, most between €440,000 and €678,500 (Property Price Register).
Raheny is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 13% → 7% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 20 points — faster than nationally.
New builds are rare in Raheny — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
60 planning applications were lodged within Raheny in the last 12 months, covering 62 residential units (440 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Raheny scores 77/100 for families and community.
Raheny scores 26/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Raheny is about 16 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 July 2026.