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

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Clondalkin is a town in Co. Dublin, about 16 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 23 schools, 65.3% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €370,000 to buy or €1,892 a month to rent (a 6.1% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 306 sales · updated July 2026

How Clondalkin compares: at €370,000 it is 26% below the County Dublin median of €500k. Its 6.1% gross yield is above the county average of 5.2%.Recent activity in Clondalkin: latest recorded sale Jun 2026; 895 new homes approved in the last year; prices +6.0% year on year. This page updates as new official data lands.

Who lives in Clondalkin — 65.3% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in Clondalkin

11,357 people live in Clondalkin on Census 2022 night. 65% of households own their home and 29% rent, so Clondalkin leans towards owner occupiers. The most common way to commute is by car (55%). It skews young: 19% are under 15 against 12% aged 65 and over. 35% 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 Clondalkin-Monastery electoral division around Clondalkin.

Getting around and commuting

Nearest train station: Clondalkin (in the town), on the Portlaoise and Waterford lines

Public transport serving Clondalkin — Rail + bus

Getting around Clondalkin

Clondalkin is served by 9 public-transport operators running 40 scheduled routes. Operators are Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Dublin Coach, Go-Ahead Ireland, Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail, JJ Kavanagh, LUAS, Nitelink, Dublin Bus and Slevins Coaches. The Luas tram network reaches the town.

Scheduled routes (a sample of 40)

• 13 - Grange Castle - Harristown
• 60 - Forbes Street - Tallaght
• 68 - Newcastle / Greenogue Business Pk - Hawkins St
• 69 - Rathcoole - Hawkins St
• G1 - Red Cow LUAS - Spencer Dock
• G2 - Liffey Valley SC - Spencer Dock
• S8 - Kingswood Avenue - Dun Laoghaire Stn
• W2 - The Square - Liffey Valley SC
• W4 - The Square - Blanchardstown SC
• 125 - UCD - Newbridge
• 126 - Dublin - Rathangan
• 130 - Dublin - Athy
• 151 - Foxborough (Balgaddy Rd) - Docklands (East Rd)
• 300 - Ennis/Killarney/Tralee - Dublin

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 Clondalkin

There are 17 primary and 6 post-primary schools in and around Clondalkin, 9 of them in the DEIS programme.

Showing the 14 largest of 23.

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

Things to do in and around Clondalkin

• Heritage nearby: Kilmainham Gaol (6 km) · Rathfarnham Castle (8 km) · St. Audoens Church, Dublin City (8 km) · St. Mary's Abbey Abbey, Dublin City (9 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 Clondalkin is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in Clondalkin

What this means: New builds in Clondalkin sell at about a 35% premium to second-hand homes (€500,000 vs €370,000).

Recent sales in Clondalkin

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

Clondalkin median price, year by year

Average rent by size

Maximum legal rent increase in Clondalkin

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

Clondalkin compared with County Dublin

Rent or buy in Clondalkin?

At a glance: €370,000 to buy versus €1,892 a month to rent, a 6.1% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in Clondalkin

The median home (€370,000) falls in LPT Band 3, a base charge of €333 a year before Dublin County Council's local adjustment factor. Use the calculator for your exact valuation.

Renting in Clondalkin: 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 Clondalkin

In the 12 months to July 2026, 71 planning grants were recorded in and around Clondalkin, including 895 new homes 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 895 homes approved here in the last year are about 23% of Clondalkin's roughly 3,932 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

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

View the official OPW flood maps for Clondalkin →

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.