What Dublin really costs to rent, and whether that listing is fair.
Rent data in Ireland arrives months late and averages hide what matters. This tool rebuilds 18 years of rents for all 22 postal districts, nowcasts today's typical rent for 600+ area and unit combinations with calibrated ranges, and puts renting next to buying.
↓ four numbers, four Dublin doors
01 · The checker
Is this rent fair?
Pick an area and unit type, then enter the asking rent.
Choose an area to see its typical rent.
02 · The map
District by district
Dublin's postal districts, laid out roughly as they sit on the map. Select one for its full history and forecast.
03 · Notes
Five things the data says
04 · The big choice
Rent vs buy
View as table
View as table
05 · Show your work
Methods & evaluation
Every model here is scored against simple baselines on data it never saw. If it didn't beat them, it wouldn't be here.
Data
- RTB Average Monthly Rent Report (CSO table RIQ02, via the PxStat API): average rent for newly registered tenancies by location, bedrooms and property type, quarterly since 2007 Q4. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Property Price Register (Property Services Regulatory Authority): every residential sale since 2010. Non-market sales are excluded and VAT-exclusive new-build prices are grossed up by 13.5%. Sales are placed in a district from the Eircode routing key, or the address when there's no Eircode.
Limitations
- RTB figures are averages for new tenancies in a segment, not listing prices; a specific flat can sit well outside the range for good reasons (condition, furnishing, exact location).
- Postal-district averages after 2021 are reconstructed, not official; their validated error is shown above.
- Gross yield ignores costs, vacancy and tax, and compares all-property averages; it's a market indicator, not an investment return.