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 — emerging”. The median home sells for €521,412 (most €440,000–€675,000), 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 August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than 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.
61st most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 129 ranked.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas inside the town boundary. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Ranked against small towns only. Tourist towns read high — the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
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 €675,000 (Property Price Register).
Raheny is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 13% → 7% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 20 points — faster than nationally.
About 21% of homes sold in Raheny in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
79 planning applications were lodged within Raheny in the last 12 months, covering 62 residential units (466 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 August 2026.