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

Ranelagh is a town in Co. Dublin, about 10 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 6 schools, 50.0% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €1,017,500 to buy or €2,118 a month to rent (RTB Q4 2025) (a 2.5% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 98 sales · PPR sales to Sep 2026 · CSO benchmark to Jul 2026 · rents Q4 2025 (RTB)

Who lives in Ranelagh: 50.0% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in Ranelagh

2,755 people live in Ranelagh on Census 2022 night. 50% of households own their home and 45% rent, so Ranelagh leans towards owner occupiers. The most common way to commute is by foot or bike (56%). 15% are under 15 and 11% are aged 65 and over. 82% 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 Rathmines East D electoral division around Ranelagh.

Commuting to Dublin

Nearest train station: Grand Canal Dock (2.0 km away), on the DART line

Public transport serving Ranelagh: 12 operators

Getting around Ranelagh

Ranelagh is served by 12 public-transport operators running 45 scheduled routes. Operators are Aircoach, Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Dublin Express, Joe Moroney Coach Hire Ltd, Kearns Transport, LUAS, Matthews Coach Hire, McConnon Travel, Nitelink, Dublin Bus, St. Kevin's Bus Service and Wexford Bus. The Luas tram network reaches the town.

Scheduled routes (a sample of 45)

• 11 - Phoenix Park - Sandyford Business District
• 38 - Damastown - Burlington Road
• 39 - Ongar - Burlington Rd
• 44 - Enniskerry - DCU
• 70 - Dunboyne - Burlington Rd
• 7B - Shankill - Mountjoy Square
• 7D - Dalkey - Mountjoy Square
• E1 - Ballywaltrim - Northwood
• E2 - Dun Laoghaire - Harristown
• S2 - Sean Moore Road - Heuston Station
• X1 - Kilcoole - Hawkins Street
• X2 - Newcastle - Hawkins Street
• 116 - Whitechurch - Parnell Square
• 118 - Kilternan - Eden Quay

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 Ranelagh

There are 5 primary and 1 post-primary schools in and around Ranelagh.

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

Things to do in and around Ranelagh

• Heritage nearby: St. Audoens Church, Dublin City (2 km) · St. Mary's Abbey Abbey, Dublin City (3 km) · Rathfarnham Castle (4 km) · Kilmainham Gaol (4 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 Ranelagh is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in Ranelagh

What this means: New builds in Ranelagh sell at about a 56% discount to second-hand homes (€455,000 vs €1,025,000).

Recent sales in Ranelagh

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

Ranelagh median price, year by year

Average rent by size (Q4 2025)

Maximum legal rent increase in Ranelagh

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

Ranelagh compared with County Dublin

Rent or buy in Ranelagh?

At a glance: €1,017,500 to buy versus €2,118 a month to rent (RTB Q4 2025), a 2.5% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in Ranelagh

The median home (€1,017,500) falls in LPT Band 9, a base charge of €903 a year before Dublin County Council's local adjustment factor. Use the calculator for your exact valuation.

Renting in Ranelagh: 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 Ranelagh

In the 12 months to September 2026, 37 planning grants were recorded in and around Ranelagh, including 9 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 9 homes approved here in the last year are about 1% of Ranelagh's roughly 1,134 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

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

View the official OPW flood maps for Ranelagh →

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.