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

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Saggart is a town in Co. Dublin, about 22 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 1 schools, 82.0% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €391,000 to buy or €2,095 a month to rent (a 6.4% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 97 sales · updated July 2026

How Saggart compares: at €391,000 it is 22% below the County Dublin median of €500k. Its 6.4% gross yield is above the county average of 5.2%.Recent activity in Saggart: latest recorded sale Jun 2026; 612 new homes approved in the last year; prices +7.0% year on year. This page updates as new official data lands.

Who lives in Saggart — 82.0% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in Saggart

166 people live in Saggart on Census 2022 night. 82% of households own their home and 4% rent, so Saggart leans towards owner occupiers. The most common way to commute is by car (77%). It skews young: 22% are under 15 against 12% aged 65 and over. 44% of those who have finished education hold a third level qualification.

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

Getting around and commuting

Nearest train station: Kishoge (8.5 km away), on the Portlaoise and Waterford lines

Public transport serving Saggart — 3 operators

Getting around Saggart

Saggart is served by 3 public-transport operators running 7 scheduled routes. Operators are Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland and Nitelink, Dublin Bus.

Scheduled routes

• 65 - Poolbeg Street - Blessington/Ballymore
• S8 - Kingswood Avenue - Dun Laoghaire Stn
• 65A - Route 65A Tallaght Sq - Blessington
• 65B - Poolbeg Street - Citywest
• 77A - Citywest - Ringsend
• 77X - Citywest - UCD Belfield
• 77n - D'Olier Street - Citywest

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 Saggart

There is 1 post-primary school in and around Saggart, 1 of them in the DEIS programme.

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

Things to do in and around Saggart

• Heritage nearby: Kilmashogue Megalithic Tomb (11 km) · Rathfarnham Castle (12 km) · Kilmainham Gaol (13 km) · St. Audoens Church, Dublin City (15 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 Saggart is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in Saggart

What this means: New builds in Saggart sell at about a 35% premium to second-hand homes (€500,000 vs €370,000).

Recent sales in Saggart

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

Saggart median price, year by year

Average rent by size

Maximum legal rent increase in Saggart

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

Saggart compared with County Dublin

Rent or buy in Saggart?

At a glance: €391,000 to buy versus €2,095 a month to rent, a 6.4% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in Saggart

The median home (€391,000) falls in LPT Band 3, a base charge of €333 a year before Dublin County Council's local adjustment factor. Use the calculator for your exact valuation.

Renting in Saggart: 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 Saggart

In the 12 months to July 2026, 13 planning grants were recorded in and around Saggart, including 612 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 612 homes approved here in the last year are about 1224% of Saggart's roughly 50 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

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

View the official OPW flood maps for Saggart →

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

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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.