Walkinstown, Co. Dublin scores 52/100 for quality of life, #70 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €510,000 (most €460,000–€562,375), it scores 48/100 for safety (67.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 7,442 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and environment, weakest on schools & education.
Updated October 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 52/100 are measured across the D12 Eircode area, not Walkinstown 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 Walkinstown is #98 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the D12 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (DMR West). Neither is measured for Walkinstown on its own.
7,442 people.
Population is for Walkinstown itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
15th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Walkinstown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Walkinstown, Co. Dublin, scores 52/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #70 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and environment.
The D12 Eircode area around Walkinstown scores 48/100 on safety. Its Garda division, DMR West, records ~67.7 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Walkinstown on its own.
Walkinstown is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -4.3 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -7.8 to -1.0) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Walkinstown over the last 24 months was €510,000, with most sales between €460,000 and €562,375 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Walkinstown over the last 24 months was €510,000, most between €460,000 and €562,375 (Property Price Register).
Walkinstown is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 13% → 7% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally, prices up 8.3%.
New builds are rare in Walkinstown — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
59 planning applications were lodged within Walkinstown in the last 12 months, covering 590 residential units (413 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Walkinstown scores 52/100 for families and community.
Walkinstown scores 22/100 for schools and education, with 6 schools in the area.
Walkinstown is about 13 minutes by road from Dublin, with 4 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 October 2026.