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

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Raheny is a town in Co. Dublin, about 14 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 4 schools, 81.0% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €593,000 to buy or €2,162 a month to rent (a 4.4% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 145 sales · updated July 2026

How Raheny compares: at €593,000 it is 19% above the County Dublin median of €500k. Its 4.4% gross yield is below the county average of 5.2%.Recent activity in Raheny: latest recorded sale Jun 2026; 4 new homes approved in the last year; prices +5.8% year on year. This page updates as new official data lands.

Who lives in Raheny — 81.0% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in Raheny

3,626 people live in Raheny on Census 2022 night. 81% of households own their home and 17% rent, so Raheny leans towards owner occupiers. The most common way to commute is by car (40%). 19% are under 15 and 19% are aged 65 and over. 51% 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 Clontarf East A electoral division around Raheny.

Getting around and commuting

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

Public transport serving Raheny — Rail + bus

Getting around Raheny

Raheny is served by 3 public-transport operators running 9 scheduled routes. Operators are Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail and Nitelink, Dublin Bus.

Scheduled routes

• 6 - Howth Dart Stn - Lower Abbey Street
• H1 - Baldoyle - Lower Abbey Street
• H2 - Malahide - Lower Abbey Street
• H3 - Howth Summit - Lower Abbey Street
• 130 - Talbot Street - Castle Avenue
• 29n - Dublin City South, D'Olier Street - Baldoyle, Warrenhouse Road
• 31n - Dublin City South, D'Olier Street - Howth, Outside Train Station
• DART - Bray - Howth
• rail - Dublin - Drogheda/Dundalk

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 Raheny

There are 3 primary and 1 post-primary schools in and around Raheny.

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

Things to do in and around Raheny

• Heritage nearby: Casino Marino, Dublin City (4 km) · St. Mary's Abbey Abbey, Dublin City (7 km) · St. Audoens Church, Dublin City (8 km) · Kilmainham Gaol (10 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 Raheny is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in Raheny

What this means: New builds in Raheny sell at about a 37% premium to second-hand homes (€812,225 vs €593,000).

Recent sales in Raheny

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

Raheny median price, year by year

Average rent by size

Maximum legal rent increase in Raheny

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

Raheny compared with County Dublin

Rent or buy in Raheny?

At a glance: €593,000 to buy versus €2,162 a month to rent, a 4.4% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in Raheny

The median home (€593,000) falls in LPT Band 5, a base charge of €523 a year before Dublin County Council's local adjustment factor. Use the calculator for your exact valuation.

Renting in Raheny: 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 Raheny

In the 12 months to July 2026, 41 planning grants were recorded in and around Raheny, including 4 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 4 homes approved here in the last year are about 0% of Raheny's roughly 1,358 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

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

View the official OPW flood maps for Raheny →

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.