Living in Ballymun, Co. Dublin: Schools, Commute & House Prices 2026

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Ballymun is a town in Co. Dublin, about 12 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 11 schools, 13.3% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €270,000 to buy or €1,905 a month to rent (a 8.5% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 35 sales · updated July 2026

How Ballymun compares: at €270,000 it is 46% below the County Dublin median of €500k. Its 8.5% gross yield is above the county average of 5.2%.Recent activity in Ballymun: latest recorded sale Jun 2026; 1 new homes approved in the last year; prices -3.8% year on year. This page updates as new official data lands.

Who lives in Ballymun — 13.3% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in Ballymun

2,551 people live in Ballymun on Census 2022 night. 13% of households own their home and 77% rent, so Ballymun leans towards renters. The most common way to commute is by foot or bike (40%). It skews young: 17% are under 15 against 11% aged 65 and over. 17% of those who have finished education hold a third level qualification.

Source: CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics, CC-BY 4.0. Figures are for the Ballymun D electoral division around Ballymun.

Getting around and commuting

Nearest train station: Broombridge (3.3 km away), on the Maynooth and Sligo lines

Public transport serving Ballymun — 5 operators

Getting around Ballymun

Ballymun is served by 5 public-transport operators running 15 scheduled routes. Operators are Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Express Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland, Nitelink, Dublin Bus and Nolan Coaches.

Scheduled routes (a sample of 15)

• 1 - Sandymount - O'Connell Street - Santry
• 19 - Parnell Square West - Dublin Airport
• 24 - Merrion Square - Dublin Airport
• E1 - Ballywaltrim - Northwood
• E2 - Dun Laoghaire - Harristown
• F1 - The Square Tallaght - IKEA
• N4 - Blanchardstown - Point Village
• N6 - Finglas Village - Naomh Barróg GAA
• 104 - Clontarf Station - DCU (The Helix)
• 220 - DCU (The Helix) - Lady's Well Road
• 787 - Travelodge Ballymun - Dublin Airport
• 88n - Dublin City South, Westmoreland Street - Ashbourne, Ashbourne Kelly's
• 220A - DCU (The Helix) - Lady's Well Road
• 220T - Collins Avenue West - Finglas Garda Stn

Source: Transport for Ireland GTFS_All feed (NTA), CC-BY 4.0. Stops matched to the town within a 6 km radius; route list capped.

Schools in Ballymun

There are 10 primary and 1 post-primary schools in and around Ballymun, 11 of them in the DEIS programme.

Source: Department of Education, Data on Individual Schools. CC-BY 4.0.

Things to do in and around Ballymun

• Heritage nearby: Casino Marino, Dublin City (4 km) · St. Mary's Abbey Abbey, Dublin City (5 km) · St. Audoens Church, Dublin City (6 km) · Kilmainham Gaol (7 km)
• Walking trails in County Dublin: Wicklow Way · Barnaslingan - Pine loop trail (Blue) · Barnaslingan - Scalp Lookout Trail (Red) · Carrickgollogan - Lead Mines Way - (Orange)
• Nature reserves: Wicklow Mountains National Park · North Bull Island Nature Reserve · Rogerstown Estuary Nature Reserve

Where Ballymun is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in Ballymun

Recent sales in Ballymun

Actual sale prices from the Property Price Register, verifiable at propertypriceregister.ie.

Ballymun median price, year by year

Maximum legal rent increase in Ballymun

Since 1 March 2026 a rent review is capped at the lower of 2% a year (pro rata) or CPI inflation.

The full March 2026 rent review rules

Ballymun compared with County Dublin

Rent or buy in Ballymun?

At a glance: €270,000 to buy versus €1,905 a month to rent, a 8.5% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in Ballymun

The median home (€270,000) falls in LPT Band 2, a base charge of €235 a year before Dublin County Council's local adjustment factor. Use the calculator for your exact valuation.

Renting in Ballymun: the March 2026 rent rules

Every rent increase is now capped at the lesser of 2% a year (pro rata) or CPI inflation, nationwide since 1 March 2026. A review needs 90 days' notice on the RTB form, no more than one in any 12 months, and the notice must cite three comparable homes from the RTB Rent Register. Check any rent increase against the legal cap, or see average rents for every Leinster town.

Before you move: planning and flood

Recent development in Ballymun

In the 12 months to July 2026, 26 planning grants were recorded in and around Ballymun, including 1 new home approved across those grants.

Source: Irish Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (ArcGIS, CC-BY 4.0). Granted applications keyed to the nearest town within 7 km. Homes column shows residential units in the application where recorded.

What this means: The 1 homes approved here in the last year are about 0% of Ballymun's roughly 975 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

For the modelled fluvial, coastal and pluvial flood extents around Ballymun, open the official OPW flood maps, the authoritative source for Ballymun, Dublin.

View the official OPW flood maps for Ballymun →

Source: Office of Public Works, floodinfo.ie. No OPW flood-extent values are reproduced here.

County context

Planning permissions are reported at NUTS3 region level; counties in this region share a figure.

Sources: CSO F1001, CIA02, BHQ09. CC-BY 4.0.

Nearby Dublin towns

Dartry · Mount Merrion · Sandycove · Glenageary · Dalkey · Rathgar

All Dublin house prices · All Leinster house prices

Sources: CSO Census 2022, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, Property Price Register (PSRA), CSO RPPI, RTB via CSO. CC-BY. Figures verifiable at the official source.