Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A neighbourhood of 23,033 in Dublin. Between 2016 and 2022, its population grew by 37%.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Health is a strength (A): bad health runs at 92 and disability at 89 per 100 expected for its ages. Jobs & income is another plus — 73% of people aged 15 to 64 are in work, and unemployment is 7%. Buying in is costly (C−): half the homes sold for more than €440,000, a price of 5.2 times what the median household earns. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall, better than 72% of Irish towns. Its place in the ranking is #92 of 320 Irish towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: health and work, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · radon, EPA.
The 3 things Lucan does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lucan 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 →
26 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Lucan. Best known first.
Castle · Office of Public WorksPhoenix Park Visitor Centre - Ashtown Castle4.8 km outside town, to the east
Historic house · Office of Public WorksCastletown House4 km outside town, to the west
CastleTully's Castle4.5 km outside town, to the southeastWater parkWater parkAquazone4.3 km outside town, to the northeastCastleCastleLeixlip Castle1.2 km outside town, to the northwestChurchChurchSt Mary's Church Leixlip1.2 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lucan.
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 1.4% of the town. 18% of residents have a disability, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (22%) and Irish towns (22%). Asked at the census, 92% of residents of Lucan said they were in good or very good health.
| Census 2022 | Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 92% | 89% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 4.6% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.4% | 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
Prices in Lucan have outpaced Irish towns since 2010: the typical sale is up 88%, to €479K in 2025, against 77%. Social housing holds 8% of households, below Co. Dublin’s towns (10%) and Irish towns (13%) alike. Renting privately is how 18% of households live.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| New homes | €475,000 | 578 |
| Second-hand homes | €425,000 | 1,206 |
| The last 12 months | €500,000 | 564 |
| Housing | Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 73% | 66% | 61% |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €2,160 | €2,063 | €1,606 |
| Households in social housing | 8% | 10% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €440K | €454K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
At the census, 14% of workers worked mainly from home. The average trip to work took 34.2 min, above Co. Dublin’s towns (31.1 min) and Irish towns (27.6 min) alike. The unemployment rate comes to 6.7%.
| Census 2022 | Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €84,840 | €72,400 | €57,760 |
| Average trip | 34.2 min | 31.1 min | 27.6 min |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 73% | 71% | 68% |
| Unemployment rate | 6.7% | 7.4% | 9.2% |
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.
DEIS, the support scheme, covers 28% of them, lower than both Co. Dublin’s towns (40%) and Irish towns (35%). Families in Lucan have 74 schools within 3 km to choose from: 49 primary schools, 20 secondary schools and 5 special schools. The nearest secondary, Lucan Community College, is 0.4 km away.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Patricks N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 867 | Catholic |
| Castleknock Community CollegeLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 1,318 | Multi-denominational |
| Coláiste Cois Life GaelcholáisteTeaches through IrishPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 592 | Multi-denominational |
| Phobailscoil Iosolde DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · Community school | Post-primary · Community school | 764 | Inter-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 15% | 40% | 39% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 28% | 40% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +1% | +4% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 7% | 7% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
Summer highs in Lucan reach 20.1°C in July. Across the year it averages 10.1°C, lower than both Co. Dublin’s towns (10.3°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). Also worth knowing: a year brings 794 mm of rain to Lucan.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.3°C | 2.9°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 20.1°C | 19.9°C | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.1°C | 10.3°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 794 mm | 770 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
9 parks and 227 ha of green space in all: that is Lucan’s share. Its paths and tracks come to 6.8 km per km², above Co. Dublin’s towns (5.4 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²) alike. There are 9.9 ha of green space for every 1,000 people here.
| Outdoors | Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 7.3% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 6.8 km per km² | 5.4 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 9.9 ha | 7.6 ha | 4.1 ha |
| Near a park | 96% | 100% | 92% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Over the coming week, Tuesday looks wettest, with about 5 mm of rain. Long-term averages for Lucan put November days at 11°C and November nights at 4°C. Expect roughly 1 mm of rain today, wind picking up to 24 km/h, and a low of 8°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 2°C | 197 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 164 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 201 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 232 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (14%) and Irish towns (14%). Foreign-born residents make up nearly a third of the population. Graduates make up 50% of adults.
50.7% of Lucan’s residents are women
11,668 women and 11,365 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 20% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 6.4% | 8.5% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 9.9% | 11% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 29% | 30% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.5% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 50% | 44% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Dublin and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Independent lead South Dublin County Council with 10 of 40 seats, but no party has a majority: 21 are needed. Lucan spans more than one of the local electoral areas: 94% of its residents vote in Lucan, most of the rest in Castleknock (Fingal County). General election turnout: 56%, below both Co. Dublin’s towns (57%) and Irish towns (59%). At the last local elections, 45% of voters went to the polls.
| Turnout | Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 56% | 57% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 45% | 42% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Beneath and around the town lie 26 recorded archaeological sites. Lucan has 73 inventory buildings for every 10,000 residents, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (9) and Irish towns (48). Before 1919: that is when 1.2% of homes were built.
| Heritage | Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 73 | 9 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 26 | 6 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more incidents per resident: they are counted where they happen, not where victims live.
Violent crime comes to 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Burglary and damage came to 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Co. Dublin’s towns (7.5) and Irish towns (6.4). For its size, Lucan records less crime per resident than three quarters of the 118 Irish towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
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 | Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 3.3 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| Burglary & damage | 5.5 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
| All recorded crime | 48.8 | 59.2 | 54.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
Under 0.1% of homes stand on ground with high landslide susceptibility, about level with both Co. Dublin’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%). Low-lying near a river: 1.3% of homes, above Co. Dublin’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0.5%) alike.
| Share of homes | Lucan | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | under 0.1% | 0% | 0% |
| Low-lying near a river | 1.3% | 0% | 0.5% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
169 of Lucan’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage; 2 rank of national or international importance. 26 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
6 notable people were born in Lucan.
John Curran: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0 · Michael Fitzgerald: Files2Fly, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucan | 23,033 | — | B+ | C− | B | A |
| Esker | 19,110 | 1.6 | C | D | C | B+ |
| Ballyowen | 14,739 | 2.3 | B− | D | C− | A |
| Deansrath | 13,743 | 3.5 | D− | C+ | D | D− |
| Leixlip Kildare | 16,733 | 3.6 | A | C | B+ | A− |
| Ronanstown | 11,130 | 4 | D− | B− | D− | D− |
| Palmerston | 11,012 | 4.9 | D | C | D | C |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Lucan had 23,033 people at the 2022 census, up from 16,785 in 2016: 37.2% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Lucan is 35.7, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Neighbourhood in Dublin
23,033 people live in Lucan, in the area of South Dublin County 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).