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

Tallaght is a town in Co. Dublin, about 16 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 20 schools, 68.2% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €380,000 to buy or €1,852 a month to rent (RTB Q4 2025) (a 5.8% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 215 sales · PPR sales to Sep 2026 · CSO benchmark to Jul 2026 · rents Q4 2025 (RTB)

Who lives in Tallaght: 68.2% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in Tallaght

4,291 people live in Tallaght on Census 2022 night. 68% of households own their home and 22% rent, so Tallaght leans towards owner occupiers. The most common way to commute is by car (52%). 21% are under 15 and 18% are aged 65 and over. 31% 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 Tallaght-Kingswood electoral division around Tallaght.

Commuting to Dublin

Nearest train station: Park West and Cherry Orchard (5.2 km away), on the Portlaoise and Waterford lines

Public transport serving Tallaght: 7 operators

Getting around Tallaght

Tallaght is served by 7 public-transport operators running 22 scheduled routes. Operators are Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Go-Ahead Ireland, LUAS, Nitelink, Dublin Bus, Slevins Coaches and TFI Local Link Kildare South Dublin. The Luas tram network reaches the town.

Scheduled routes (a sample of 22)

• 27 - Jobstown - Clare Hall
• 65 - Poolbeg Street - Blessington/Ballymore
• 82 - Irishtown - Kiltipper
• F1 - The Square Tallaght - IKEA
• S6 - The Square - Blackrock Station
• S8 - Kingswood Avenue - Dun Laoghaire Stn
• W2 - The Square - Liffey Valley SC
• W4 - The Square - Blanchardstown SC
• W6 - Community College - The Square
• 132 - Dublin - Carnew - Bunclody
• 49n - D'Olier Street - Kilnamanagh
• 56A - Tallaght - Ringsend Rd
• 65A - Route 65A Tallaght Sq - Blessington
• 65B - Poolbeg 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 Tallaght

There are 16 primary and 4 post-primary schools in and around Tallaght, 10 of them in the DEIS programme.

Showing the 14 largest of 20.

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

Things to do in and around Tallaght

• Heritage nearby: Rathfarnham Castle (5 km) · Kilmashogue Megalithic Tomb (7 km) · Kilmainham Gaol (7 km) · St. Audoens Church, Dublin City (9 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 Tallaght is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in Tallaght

What this means: New builds in Tallaght sell at about a 51% premium to second-hand homes (€575,000 vs €380,000).

Recent sales in Tallaght

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

Tallaght median price, year by year

Average rent by size (Q4 2025)

Maximum legal rent increase in Tallaght

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

Tallaght compared with County Dublin

Rent or buy in Tallaght?

At a glance: €380,000 to buy versus €1,852 a month to rent (RTB Q4 2025), a 5.8% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in Tallaght

The median home (€380,000) 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 Tallaght: 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 Tallaght

In the 12 months to September 2026, 89 planning grants were recorded in and around Tallaght, including 429 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 429 homes approved here in the last year are about 29% of Tallaght's roughly 1,499 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

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

View the official OPW flood maps for Tallaght →

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.

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