Terenure, Co. Dublin scores 81/100 for quality of life, #2 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €666,000 (most €532,750–€895,000), it scores 60/100 for safety (60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 17,972 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and local economy, weakest on affordability.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — and pulling ahead of the national trend.
These seven scores and the 81/100 are measured across the D6W Eircode area, not Terenure 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 Terenure is #10 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the D6W Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR South). Neither is measured for Terenure on its own.
17,972 people.
Population is for Terenure itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
47th 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 Terenure, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Terenure, Co. Dublin, scores 81/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #2 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and local economy.
Terenure scores 60/100 on safety, ~60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Terenure over the last 24 months was €666,000, most between €532,750 and €895,000 (Property Price Register).
Terenure is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 9% → 5%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally, prices up 10.6%, recorded crime falling.
About 2% of homes sold in Terenure in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
158 planning applications were lodged within Terenure in the last 12 months, covering 800 residential units (1,041 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Terenure scores 84/100 for families and community.
Terenure scores 82/100 for schools and education, with 10 schools in the area.
Terenure is about 11 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 August 2026.