Area guide
Swords, County Dublin
Swords is home to 45,916 people (Census 2022) across 34.93 km², covered here by 5 Electoral Divisions in Fingal County Council. In the last 12 months the area recorded 106 planning applications and 684 property sales, with a typical price of €440,529.
Figures compiled 8 Nov 2026. Every number on this page comes from a named public dataset, listed at the end.
- Typical price
- €440,529median, last 12 months
- Property sales
- 684last 12 months
- Planning applications
- 106last 12 months
- Approval rate
- 82%decided, last 7 years
- Population
- 45,916Census 2022
- Gigabit broadband
- 96%premises passed, Q2 2026
Planning and development
Swords received 116 planning applications in 2025, down from 133 in 2024. Over the last seven years 842 applications were received within the Swords boundary, 654 approved and 140 refused, with 0 residential units applied for.
| Year | Received | Approved | Refused | Residential units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 from Nov | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 113 | 90 | 20 | 0 |
| 2021 | 143 | 122 | 18 | 0 |
| 2022 | 111 | 81 | 25 | 0 |
| 2023 | 119 | 95 | 21 | 0 |
| 2024 | 133 | 108 | 24 | 0 |
| 2025 | 116 | 95 | 17 | 0 |
| 2026 to date | 89 | 52 | 10 | 0 |
- Approved654
- Refused140
- Under review26
- Withdrawn19
Planning applications: National Planning Application Database (NPAD), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Seven-year window from 8 Nov 2019, invalid applications excluded.
Property prices
Typical price in Swords rose from €322,293 in 2020 to €440,529 in 2026, up 37%.
How prices are measured on this page
Typical price is the median: half the sales were above it and half below. Average price is the mean, which a few very high or very low sales can pull up or down. They are two measures of the same sales, so they are expected to differ.
| Year | Sales | Typical price (median) | Average price (mean) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 from Jun | 400 | €322,293 | €534,241 |
| 2021 | 475 | €337,000 | €548,843 |
| 2022 | 682 | €345,764 | €383,100 |
| 2023 | 654 | €374,725 | €387,133 |
| 2024 | 587 | €406,500 | €416,538 |
| 2025 | 527 | €430,000 | €474,735 |
| 2026 to date | 547 | €440,529 | €461,872 |
Property prices: Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA), sales from 4 Jun 2020 to 30 Oct 2026.
Transport, broadband and zoning
Public transport stops inside the Swords boundary, ComReg's fixed broadband coverage for its Small Areas, and how the current development plan zones the land.
- Stop density
- 125 stops across 34.93 km², about 4 per km². Bus stops are counted per pole, so a road served in both directions counts twice.
Broadband figures are ComReg's averages across the 147 Small Areas that make up Swords: 96% of premises passed by a gigabit network and 75% connected. They describe the area, never one address.
Land use. 14% of the zoned land is residential under the current development plan, 2023 to 2029, 3,237 hectares in all.
| Zone | Description | Hectares | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| G3 | Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape | 1,439.7 | 44% |
| P1 | Agriculture | 594.9 | 18% |
| R2 | Existing residential | 382.4 | 12% |
| M1 | Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site | 339.1 | 10% |
| G4 | Active open space | 274.4 | 8% |
| R1 | New/proposed residential | 82.2 | 3% |
| M4 | Built up area | 39.5 | 1% |
| S3 | Community facilities | 37.5 | 1% |
| Other | Smaller zones | 47.3 | 1% |
Transport: GTFS, National Transport Authority. Broadband: ComReg Ireland Gigabit Statistics, Small Areas, CC BY 4.0; Small Area boundaries CSO, Q2 2026. Zoning: General Zoning Types (GZT), Irish local authorities via the Department of Housing.
Environment
Radon and green space for Swords, from the EPA radon map and the zoning record.
EPA reading for the highest grid square touching the area: Between one and five per cent of the homes in this 10km grid square are estimated to be above the Reference Level.
Radon: EPA Radon Map, CC BY 4.0. EPA figures are for 10 km grid squares, so they describe the wider district, not one home.
Who lives here
45,916 people were counted in Swords in Census 2022, 21% of them children under 15 and 10% aged 65 or over. 70% of dwellings are owner occupied, and the area is home to about 1,315 people per km².
Neighbourhood profile. On the Pobal HP Index, a measure of an area's census makeup where 0 is the national average, Swords's Electoral Divisions score +3.2 on average, which is above the national average.
| Age | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 14 | 9,816 | 21% |
| 15 to 24 | 5,630 | 12% |
| 25 to 44 | 14,223 | 31% |
| 45 to 64 | 11,825 | 26% |
| 65 and over | 4,422 | 10% |
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owner occupied | 10,639 | 70% |
| Rented | 3,988 | 26% |
| Vacant | 648 | 4% |
Population, age and tenure: CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics; Small Area and Electoral Division boundaries, CSO and Tailte Éireann. Neighbourhood profile: Pobal HP Deprivation Index, most recent census.
How this area is defined
Swords on this page is the Central Statistics Office Electoral Divisions listed below: 147 Small Areas, 34.93 km². Planning, transport, broadband, radon, zoning and census figures are counted inside that boundary. Prices are matched by address, as explained above.
- Swords-Glasmore
- Swords-Forrest
- Swords-Lissenhall
- Swords-Seatown
- Swords Village
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- Planning applications: National Planning Application Database (NPAD), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Property prices: Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA)
- Population, age and tenure: CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics; Small Area and Electoral Division boundaries, CSO and Tailte Éireann
- Neighbourhood profile: Pobal HP Deprivation Index, most recent census
- Transport stops: GTFS, National Transport Authority
- Broadband: ComReg Ireland Gigabit Statistics, Small Areas, CC BY 4.0; Small Area boundaries CSO
- Radon: EPA Radon Map, CC BY 4.0
- Zoning: General Zoning Types (GZT), Irish local authorities via the Department of Housing