Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,769 people live in this neighbourhood in Dublin. 46% of households have paid off their home.
Homes are dear: home prices sit at a median €482,600, which is 7.6 years of the town’s median household income. Walkability is where it shines: on the way to work, 39% walk, cycle or take the bus or train, where the typical Irish town has 23%. All told, that adds up to a C+ overall and a rank of #76 of 116 in Co. Dublin. On that grade it does better than 37% of Irish towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety and C+ for health.
Figures: commuting and health, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025.
This town's house price is the median for its whole Eircode routing key, town and countryside together: fewer than 30 sales in the town itself were recorded on the Property Price Register in 2023 to 2025, so its Cost Grade is less sure.
The 3 things Harmonstown does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Harmonstown with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
Homes built before 1919: 0%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Harmonstown. Best known first.
Garden · Office of Public WorksNational Botanic Gardens4.7 km outside town, to the west
MuseumEPIC The Irish Emigration Museum4.7 km outside town, to the southwest
GardenSaint Anne's Park900 m outside town, to the southeast
MuseumThe James Joyce Centre4.9 km outside town, to the southwest
Art galleryOlivier Cornet Gallery4.9 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric houseHistoric house · Office of Public WorksCasino Marino2 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Harmonstown.
Private renters make up 9% of households, lower than both Co. Dublin’s towns (20%) and Irish towns (22%).
| Housing | Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 81% | 66% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 9% | 20% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €483K | €450K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 9% | 10% | 13% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area D05, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
The closest place to swim from Harmonstown is Dollymount Strand, 3.6 km away, rated good in 2025. Radon is rarely a worry in the town: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level. Landslides: none of Harmonstown lies in a high-susceptibility zone.
| Share of homes | Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 0% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Working mainly from home: 12% of workers, lower than Co. Dublin’s towns (14%) yet higher than Irish towns (11%). The commute to work averages 30.3 min. Nearly half of commuters took the car to work at the census.
| Census 2022 | Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €63,590 | €72,780 | €57,760 |
| Average trip | 30.3 min | 31.1 min | 27.6 min |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 71% | 71% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 26% | 23% | 31% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Mercy College Coolock is the nearest secondary school, 0.4 km away. 6% of the schools teach through Irish, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (7%) and Irish towns (8%). Multi-denominational schooling: 13 of the 84 schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Fiachras Sen N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 609 | Catholic |
| Clonturk CollegeLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 968 | Multi-denominational |
| Gaelcholáiste Reachrann GaelcholáisteTeaches through IrishPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 453 | Inter-denominational |
| Grange Community College DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 553 | Inter-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach through Irish | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 39% | 40% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland publishes no school-by-school results, which is why these cards have no letters.
A July afternoon in Harmonstown typically reaches 19.7°C. Across the year it averages 10.4°C, close to both Co. Dublin’s towns (10.3°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). Also worth knowing: the town sees January nights of 3.1°C on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.7°C | 19.9°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 758 mm | 770 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 3.1°C | 2.9°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.4°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Protected sites cover 5.3% of the land within 5 km, above Co. Dublin’s towns (0.2%) and Irish towns (1.8%) alike. There is one park in Harmonstown; its green space comes to 167 ha. Green space lies within 400 m of 100% of homes.
| Outdoors | Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea within 5 km | 23% | 3.7% | 0% |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 28.9 ha | 7.6 ha | 4.1 ha |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 5.3% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| Paths per km² of town | 3.2 km per km² | 5.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 6 mm. What counts as normal for Harmonstown in November: highs come to 11°C and lows to 5°C. Rain totals about 1 mm today, the wind freshens to 31 km/h, and the low is 10°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 181 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 159 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 196 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 223 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Children under 15 make up 17%, close to Co. Dublin’s towns (17%) and below Irish towns (20%). Born abroad: 13% of residents. The 65-and-over age group makes up 19% of residents.
Women make up 52.1% of Harmonstown
3,007 women and 2,762 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 15% | 8.4% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 19% | 11% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 32% | 30% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 4.7% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 30% | 44% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Dublin and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
At the general election 60% voted, higher than both Co. Dublin’s towns (57%) and Irish towns (59%). No party holds a majority on Dublin City Council: Fine Gael lead with 11 of 63 seats, short of the 32 needed. Harmonstown spans more than one of the local electoral areas: 51% of its residents vote in Clontarf, most of the rest in Artane-Whitehall.
| Turnout | Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 48% | 42% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 60% | 57% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Relative to its size, Harmonstown keeps 9 buildings on the inventory per 10,000 residents. 0.2% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than both Co. Dublin’s towns (1.2%) and Irish towns (3.4%).
| Heritage | Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 9 | 10 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 0.2% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Self-reported good health: 86% of Harmonstown’s residents. At the census, 27% of people here had a disability, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (22%). 2.4% of residents report bad or very bad health.
| Census 2022 | Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 27% | 21% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 6.4% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 89% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.4% | 1.9% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
In 2023–2025, damage to property led the graded crimes in Harmonstown. Every kind together came to 43.3 per 1,000 residents a year, below Co. Dublin’s towns (59.2) and Irish towns (54.3) alike. Per 1,000 residents, 6.5 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded a year.
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Harmonstown | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| All recorded crime | 43.3 | 59.2 | 54.3 |
| Theft | 14.3 | 18.5 | 15.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
The national inventory of architectural heritage lists 5 buildings in Harmonstown, each rated of regional importance.
4 notable people were born in Harmonstown.
Denise Mitchell: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 2.0 · Aoife Dooley: LoopDaLoop, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmonstown | 5,769 | — | C+ | D | C+ | C+ |
| Edenmore | 2,831 | 0.8 | D | D | C | D |
| Ayrfield | 5,863 | 1.5 | B− | B− | C | B− |
| Clontarf East | 18,626 | 1.7 | B+ | D− | B− | A |
| Beaumont | 19,072 | 1.9 | B | D | C+ | A |
| Darndale | 14,675 | 2 | C− | B | C | D− |
| Donaghmede | 9,616 | 2 | C | C− | C+ | C+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Harmonstown had 5,769 people at the 2022 census, up from 5,566 in 2016: 3.6% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Harmonstown is 41.6, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Neighbourhood in Dublin
5,769 people live in Harmonstown, in the area of Dublin City Council. TownRatings splits Dublin into neighbourhoods made from the CSO’s Electoral Divisions, named from Tailte Éireann’s gazetteer, so each has figures of its own.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).