Rivermeade, Co. Dublin scores 64/100 for quality of life, #26 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €325,000 (most €315,000–€335,250), it scores 57/100 for safety (54 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 521 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 64/100 are measured across the K67 Eircode area, not Rivermeade 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 Rivermeade is #27 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the K67 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR North). Neither is measured for Rivermeade on its own.
521 people.
Population is for Rivermeade 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 Rivermeade, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Rivermeade, Co. Dublin, scores 64/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #26 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
The K67 Eircode area around Rivermeade 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 Rivermeade on its own.
Rivermeade is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -5.1 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -6.1 to -4.2) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Rivermeade over the last 24 months was €325,000, with most sales between €315,000 and €335,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Rivermeade over the last 24 months was €325,000, most between €315,000 and €335,250 (Property Price Register).
Rivermeade is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 12% → 7%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
Rivermeade scores 65/100 for families and community.
Rivermeade scores 54/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Rivermeade is about 23 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.