Living in Dunboyne, Co. Meath: Schools, Commute & House Prices 2026

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Dunboyne is a town in Co. Meath, about 22 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 5 schools, 74.5% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €543,750 to buy or €1,934 a month to rent (a 4.3% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 102 sales · updated July 2026

How Dunboyne compares: at €543,750 it is 33% above the County Meath median of €410k. Its 4.3% gross yield is below the county average of 4.6%.Recent activity in Dunboyne: latest recorded sale Jun 2026; 610 new homes approved in the last year; prices +20.2% year on year. This page updates as new official data lands.

Who lives in Dunboyne — 74.5% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in Dunboyne

7,155 people live in Dunboyne on Census 2022 night. 74% of households own their home and 22% rent, so Dunboyne leans towards owner occupiers. The most common way to commute is by car (56%). It skews young: 21% are under 15 against 10% aged 65 and over. 50% of those who have finished education hold a third level qualification.

Source: CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics for the Dunboyne built-up area, CC-BY 4.0.

Getting around and commuting

Nearest train station: Dunboyne (in the town), on the Maynooth line

Public transport serving Dunboyne — Rail + bus

Getting around Dunboyne

Dunboyne is served by 6 public-transport operators running 11 scheduled routes. Operators are Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Go-Ahead Ireland, Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail, McCaffrey Coaches and Nitelink, Dublin Bus.

Scheduled routes

• 70 - Dunboyne - Burlington Rd
• 105 - Blanchardstown - Ashbourne - Ashbourne - Drogheda
• 109 - Dublin - Navan - Kells - Cavan
• 111 - Wilton Tce - Trim - Granard - Cavan
• 270 - Dunboyne - Blanchardstown
• 70n - Westmoreland Street - Tyrrelstown
• 105X - UCD - M3 - Ratoath - Ashbourne
• 109B - Dublin - Dunshaughlin - Trim
• DY01 - Kells - Dunboyne
• DY02 - Enfield - Dunboyne
• rail - Dublin - Maynooth

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.

Commute to Dublin from Dunboyne

Driving from Dunboyne to Dublin city centre takes about 25 minutes by car on a clear run. That makes it the closest to Dublin of the 4 Meath towns we have routed by road.

Door-to-centre driving time routed on OpenStreetMap road data via OSRM, no live traffic. Comparison is against the Leinster commuter towns routed so far. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Schools in Dunboyne

There are 4 primary and 1 post-primary schools in and around Dunboyne.

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

Things to do in and around Dunboyne

• Heritage nearby: Maynooth Castle (9 km) · Kilmainham Gaol (14 km) · St. Audoens Church, Dublin City (16 km) · St. Mary's Abbey Abbey, Dublin City (16 km)
• Walking trails in County Meath: Royal Canal Way · Royal Canal Greenway Walking Trail · Drewstown Woods - Girley Bog walk · Littlewood - Forest Walk

Full guide: things to do in Dunboyne →

Where Dunboyne is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in Dunboyne

What this means: New builds in Dunboyne sell at about a 15% premium to second-hand homes (€582,500 vs €506,500).

Recent sales in Dunboyne

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

Dunboyne median price, year by year

Maximum legal rent increase in Dunboyne

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

Dunboyne compared with County Meath

Rent or buy in Dunboyne?

At a glance: €543,750 to buy versus €1,934 a month to rent, a 4.3% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in Dunboyne

The median home (€543,750) falls in LPT Band 5, a base charge of €523 a year before Meath County Council's local adjustment factor. Use the calculator for your exact valuation.

Renting in Dunboyne: 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 Dunboyne

In the 12 months to July 2026, 41 planning grants were recorded in and around Dunboyne, including 610 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 610 homes approved here in the last year are about 27% of Dunboyne's roughly 2,238 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

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

View the official OPW flood maps for Dunboyne →

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 Meath towns

Ashbourne · Dunshaughlin · Ratoath · Stamullen · Clonee · Bettystown

All Meath house prices · All Leinster house prices · Things to do in Dunboyne

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.