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.
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).
81,022 people.
14th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town 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.
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 868 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.