Skerries, Co. Fingal scores 59/100 for quality of life, #63 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €523,000 (most €438,313–€637,500), it scores 59/100 for safety (61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 10,415 people live here, up 2.6% since 2016. It's strongest on environment and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated July 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below 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 Skerries is #93 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
10,415 people, up 2.6% since 2016.
Skerries, Co. Fingal, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #63 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and family & community.
Skerries scores 59/100 on safety, ~61.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Skerries over the last 24 months was €523,000, most between €438,313 and €637,500 (Property Price Register).
Skerries is rated "Declining" — unemployment rose 9% → 13% — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise, population grew just 2.6% vs 8% nationally, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Skerries — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
77 planning applications were lodged within Skerries in the last 12 months, covering 9 residential units (566 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Skerries scores 77/100 for families and community, and its population is growing (up 2.6% since 2016).
Skerries scores 60/100 for schools and education, with 6 schools in the area.
Skerries is about 35 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 July 2026.