Rush, Co. Dublin scores 58/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €427,300 (most €352,400–€449,670), it scores 57/100 for safety (54 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 10,875 people live here. It's strongest on environment and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 58/100 are measured across the K56 Eircode area, not Rush alone — an area that takes in much of Dublin. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the K56 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR North). Neither is measured for Rush on its own.
10,875 people.
Population is for Rush itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
55th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Ranked against large towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Rush, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Rush, Co. Dublin, scores 58/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on environment and family & community.
The K56 Eircode area around Rush 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 Rush on its own.
Rush is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -0.9 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -2.0 to +0.2) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Rush over the last 24 months was €427,300, with most sales between €352,400 and €449,670 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Rush over the last 24 months was €427,300, most between €352,400 and €449,670 (Property Price Register).
Rush is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 10% → 7%, in line with nationally.
About 59% of homes sold in Rush in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
52 planning applications were lodged within Rush in the last 12 months, covering 16 residential units (477 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Rush scores 70/100 for families and community.
Rush scores 23/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Rush is about 32 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.