Rathgar, Co. Dublin City scores 78/100 for quality of life, #6 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €920,000 (most €580,000–€1,700,000), it scores 60/100 for safety (60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,610 people live here, up 2.9% since 2016. It's strongest on schools & education and transport & services, weakest on affordability.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
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 Rathgar is #28 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,610 people, up 2.9% since 2016.
Rathgar, Co. Dublin City, scores 78/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #6 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on schools & education and transport & services.
Rathgar scores 60/100 on safety, ~60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Rathgar over the last 24 months was €920,000, most between €580,000 and €1,700,000 (Property Price Register).
Rathgar is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, population grew just 2.9% vs 8% nationally, prices up 43.0%.
New builds are rare in Rathgar — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
23 planning applications were lodged within Rathgar in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (140 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Rathgar scores 46/100 for families and community, and its population is growing (up 2.9% since 2016).
Rathgar scores 100/100 for schools and education.
Rathgar is about 12 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 August 2026.