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

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Lucan is a town in Co. Dublin, about 19 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 19 schools, 67.9% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €485,500 to buy or €2,163 a month to rent (a 5.3% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 602 sales · updated July 2026

How Lucan compares: at €485,500 it is 3% below the County Dublin median of €500k. Its 5.3% gross yield is above the county average of 5.2%.Recent activity in Lucan: latest recorded sale Jun 2026; 1014 new homes approved in the last year; prices +6.4% year on year. This page updates as new official data lands.

Who lives in Lucan — 67.9% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in Lucan

16,805 people live in Lucan on Census 2022 night. 68% of households own their home and 27% rent, so Lucan leans towards owner occupiers. The most common way to commute is by car (57%). It skews young: 25% are under 15 against 10% aged 65 and over. 57% 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 Lucan-St. Helens electoral division around Lucan.

Getting around and commuting

Nearest train station: Adamstown (2.4 km away), a commuter rail line

Public transport serving Lucan — Rail + bus

Getting around Lucan

Lucan is served by 6 public-transport operators running 36 scheduled routes. Operators are Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Citylink, Go-Ahead Ireland, Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail and Kearns Transport.

Scheduled routes (a sample of 36)

• 13 - Grange Castle - Harristown
• 22 - Dublin - Airport - Longford - Ballina
• 23 - Dublin - Airport - Longford - Sligo
• 52 - Intel - Ringsend
• 68 - Newcastle / Greenogue Business Pk - Hawkins St
• C1 - Adamstown Stn - Sandymount
• C2 - Adamstown Stn - Sandymount
• C3 - Maynooth - Ringsend
• C4 - Maynooth - Ringsend
• C5 - Maynooth - Ringsend Night Service
• C6 - Maynooth - Celbridge - Ringsend Night Service
• W4 - The Square - Blanchardstown SC
• 115 - Dublin - Mullingar
• 120 - Dublin - Edenderry

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 Lucan

There are 14 primary and 5 post-primary schools in and around Lucan, 2 of them in the DEIS programme.

Showing the 14 largest of 19.

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

Things to do in and around Lucan

• Heritage nearby: Kilmainham Gaol (9 km) · Maynooth Castle (10 km) · St. Audoens Church, Dublin City (12 km) · St. Mary's Abbey Abbey, Dublin City (12 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 Lucan is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in Lucan

What this means: New builds in Lucan sell at about a 8% premium to second-hand homes (€500,000 vs €461,000).

Recent sales in Lucan

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

Lucan median price, year by year

Average rent by size

Maximum legal rent increase in Lucan

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

Lucan compared with County Dublin

Rent or buy in Lucan?

At a glance: €485,500 to buy versus €2,163 a month to rent, a 5.3% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in Lucan

The median home (€485,500) falls in LPT Band 4, a base charge of €428 a year before Dublin County Council's local adjustment factor. Use the calculator for your exact valuation.

Renting in Lucan: 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 Lucan

In the 12 months to July 2026, 145 planning grants were recorded in and around Lucan, including 1014 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 1014 homes approved here in the last year are about 19% of Lucan's roughly 5,363 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

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

View the official OPW flood maps for Lucan →

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.