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

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Enfield is a town in Co. Meath, about 41 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 3 schools, 71.1% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €400,000 to buy or €1,737 a month to rent (a 5.2% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 70 sales · updated July 2026

How Enfield compares: at €400,000 it is 2% below the County Meath median of €410k. Its 5.2% gross yield is above the county average of 4.6%.Recent activity in Enfield: latest recorded sale Jun 2026; 129 new homes approved in the last year; prices +5.7% year on year. This page updates as new official data lands.

Who lives in Enfield — 71.1% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in Enfield

3,663 people live in Enfield on Census 2022 night. 71% of households own their home and 24% rent, so Enfield leans towards owner occupiers. The most common way to commute is by car (53%). It skews young: 29% are under 15 against 6% aged 65 and over. 46% of those who have finished education hold a third level qualification.

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

Getting around and commuting

Nearest train station: Enfield (in the town), on the Maynooth and Sligo lines

Public transport serving Enfield — Rail + bus

Getting around Enfield

Enfield is served by 7 public-transport operators running 11 scheduled routes. Operators are Bus Éireann, Citylink, Go-Ahead Ireland, Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail, Kearns Transport, McCaffrey Coaches and TFI Local Link Louth Meath Fingal.

Scheduled routes

• 115 - Dublin - Mullingar
• 189 - Navan - Trim - Enfield
• 763 - Dublin Airport - Athlone - Galway
• 845 - Birr - Dublin
• 847 - Portumna - Dublin
• 115X - Connolly Station - Mullingar Stn
• 120C - Enfield - Tullamore
• DY02 - Enfield - Dunboyne
• UM02 - Birr - Maynooth
• rail - Dublin - Maynooth
• rail - Dublin - Sligo

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 Enfield

There are 2 primary and 1 post-primary schools in and around Enfield.

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

Things to do in and around Enfield

• Heritage nearby: Trim Castle (16 km) · Maynooth Castle (16 km) · Bective Abbey (20 km) · Hill of Tara (23 km)
• Walking trails in County Meath: Royal Canal Way · Royal Canal Greenway Walking Trail · Drewstown Woods - Girley Bog walk · Littlewood - Forest Walk

Where Enfield is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in Enfield

What this means: New builds in Enfield sell at about a 6% discount to second-hand homes (€396,309 vs €420,000).

Recent sales in Enfield

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

Enfield median price, year by year

Maximum legal rent increase in Enfield

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

Enfield compared with County Meath

Rent or buy in Enfield?

At a glance: €400,000 to buy versus €1,737 a month to rent, a 5.2% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in Enfield

The median home (€400,000) falls in LPT Band 3, a base charge of €333 a year before Meath County Council's local adjustment factor. Use the calculator for your exact valuation.

Renting in Enfield: 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 Enfield

In the 12 months to July 2026, 52 planning grants were recorded in and around Enfield, including 129 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 129 homes approved here in the last year are about 11% of Enfield's roughly 1,143 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

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

View the official OPW flood maps for Enfield →

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

Dunboyne · Ashbourne · Dunshaughlin · Ratoath · Stamullen · Clonee

All Meath 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.