Terenure, Co. Dublin scores 81/100 for quality of life, #2 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “prime & compounding”. The median home sells for €665,000 (most €530,000–€897,500), it scores 60/100 for safety (60.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 17,972 people live here, up 2.9% since 2016. It's strongest on transport & services and local economy, weakest on affordability.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — affluent already, and still strengthening.
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).
17,972 people, up 2.9% since 2016.
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 €665,000, most between €530,000 and €897,500 (Property Price Register).
Terenure is rated "Prime & compounding" — unemployment fell 9% → 5%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally, population grew just 2.9% vs 8% nationally, prices up 11.2%.
About 1% of homes sold in Terenure in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
159 planning applications were lodged within Terenure in the last 12 months, covering 701 residential units (1,038 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Terenure scores 84/100 for families and community, and its population is growing (up 2.9% since 2016).
Terenure scores 82/100 for schools and education, with 6 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.