Shankill, Co. Dublin scores 75/100 for quality of life, #6 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €543,553 (most €440,529–€702,711), it scores 56/100 for safety (60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,524 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment, weakest on affordability.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 75/100 are measured across the D18 Eircode area, not Shankill 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 Shankill is #7 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the D18 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR South). Neither is measured for Shankill on its own.
1,524 people.
Population is for Shankill itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: a suburb’s boundary is a postal approximation, so its shops serve more people than are counted inside it.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Shankill, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Shankill, Co. Dublin, scores 75/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #6 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
Shankill scores 60/100 on safety, ~60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Shankill over the last 24 months was €543,553, with most sales between €440,529 and €702,711 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Shankill over the last 24 months was €543,553, most between €440,529 and €702,711 (Property Price Register).
Shankill is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment rose 5% → 6% — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
About 53% of homes sold in Shankill in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
45 planning applications were lodged within Shankill in the last 12 months (306 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Shankill scores 60/100 for families and community.
Shankill scores 69/100 for schools and education.
Shankill 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.