Tallaght, Co. Dublin scores 56/100 for quality of life, #77 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €370,000 (most €294,250–€450,000), it scores 48/100 for safety (79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 81,022 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 56/100 are measured across the D24 Eircode area, not Tallaght 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 Tallaght is #85 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the D24 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR West). Neither is measured for Tallaght on its own.
81,022 people.
Population is for Tallaght itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
14th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Counts are venues in and around the town. Per head asks whether it is well served for its size.
Ranked against large towns only. Tourist towns read high: the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Tallaght, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Tallaght, Co. Dublin, scores 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #77 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Tallaght scores 48/100 on safety, ~79.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Tallaght over the last 24 months was €370,000, most between €294,250 and €450,000 (Property Price Register).
Tallaght is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 20% → 12% — faster than nationally, prices up 7.6%.
About 2% of homes sold in Tallaght in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
222 planning applications were lodged within Tallaght in the last 12 months, covering 827 residential units (1,308 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Tallaght scores 62/100 for families and community.
Tallaght scores 32/100 for schools and education, with 23 schools in the area.
Tallaght is about 23 minutes by road from Dublin, with 16 rail stops 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 August 2026.