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

North Strand is a town in Co. Dublin, about 9 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 6 schools, 26.6% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €461,500 to buy or €1,891 a month to rent (RTB Q4 2025) (a 4.9% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 19 sales · PPR sales to Sep 2026 · CSO benchmark to Jul 2026 · rents Q4 2025 (RTB)

Who lives in North Strand: 26.6% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in North Strand

4,004 people live in North Strand on Census 2022 night. 27% of households own their home and 66% rent, so North Strand leans towards renters. The most common way to commute is by foot or bike (48%). 13% are under 15 and 11% are aged 65 and over. 36% 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 Ballybough A electoral division around North Strand.

Commuting to Dublin

Nearest train station: Dublin Connolly (in the town), on the DART line

Public transport serving North Strand: 4 operators

Getting around North Strand

North Strand is served by 4 public-transport operators running 18 scheduled routes. Operators are Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland, Matthews Coach Hire and Nitelink, Dublin Bus.

Scheduled routes (a sample of 18)

• 6 - Howth Dart Stn - Lower Abbey Street
• 14 - Dundrum Luas Stn - Ardlea Rd (Beaumont)
• 15 - Ballycullen Road - Clongriffin
• 27 - Jobstown - Clare Hall
• 42 - Sand's Hotel Portmarnock - Eden Quay
• 43 - Talbot Street - Swords Business Park
• 53 - Dublin Ferryport - Talbot St
• 73 - Kilnamanagh Road - Griffith Avenue East
• H1 - Baldoyle - Lower Abbey Street
• H2 - Malahide - Lower Abbey Street
• H3 - Howth Summit - Lower Abbey Street
• 130 - Talbot Street - Castle Avenue
• 27A - Blunden Drive - Eden Quay
• 27B - Eden Quay - Harristown

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 North Strand

There are 5 primary and 1 post-primary schools in and around North Strand, 5 of them in the DEIS programme.

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

Things to do in and around North Strand

• Heritage nearby: Casino Marino, Dublin City (2 km) · St. Mary's Abbey Abbey, Dublin City (2 km) · St. Audoens Church, Dublin City (3 km) · Kilmainham Gaol (5 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 North Strand is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in North Strand

Recent sales in North Strand

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

North Strand median price, year by year

Maximum legal rent increase in North Strand

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

North Strand compared with County Dublin

Rent or buy in North Strand?

At a glance: €461,500 to buy versus €1,891 a month to rent (RTB Q4 2025), a 4.9% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in North Strand

The median home (€461,500) 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 North Strand: 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 North Strand

In the 12 months to September 2026, 11 planning grants were recorded in and around North Strand, including 52 new homes approved across those grants. Data gap: the DHLGH planning layer holds no Dublin City Council application received after 30 Jul 2026, although the council's own register is still publishing, so this figure understates the last 12 months until the department resumes ingestion.

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 52 homes approved here in the last year are about 3% of North Strand's roughly 1,672 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

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

View the official OPW flood maps for North Strand →

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 · Sandycove · Mount Merrion · Rathgar · Glenageary · Rathmines

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.