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Antrim

Antrim is a town in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 19,661. It has around nine schools, three GPs & clinics, three pharmacies, five supermarkets, 21 parks & greens, and 19 restaurants and cafés, 16 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Antrim, 0.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Antrim area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey
County
Antrim and Newtownabbey
Northern Ireland isn’t covered by some Great Britain data sources, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care ratings, rents, affordability, life expectancy and neighbourhood deprivation aren’t shown here. House prices, weather, air quality, food hygiene, fuel, your MP, council control, petitions and notable places do apply.

Weather

15°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 15° / 7° · 51% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:59

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

178 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 157 rated 4–5 ★ (139 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£206,120 average 8.8% YoY

Across Antrim and Newtownabbey · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

22 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 400 kW
  • Nearest: Antrim NIR Park and Ride Station Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Robin Swann

Ulster Unionist Party

South Antrim

Recent votes:

  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

No overall control

  • SF 9
  • DUP 13
  • Alli 8
  • UUP 6
  • SDLP 1
  • Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

5,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

291 jobs advertised · £40,569 avg

e.g. Database Administrator, Team Member, Site Manager (Fit Out)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,664 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Antrim:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Antrim railway station · 0.1 km

    Antrim railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Antrim in Northern Ireland. It opened in 1848. The station currently serves trains on the Belfast to Derry line via Bleach Green and York Street stat…

  • Antrim railway station (Great Northern Railway) · 0.1 km

    Antrim railway station (Great Northern) served Antrim in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was located on the mothballed Lisburn–Antrim railway line. The town is now served by Antrim railway station.

  • Northern Regional College · 0.3 km

    Northern Regional College is a third level educational institution in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The college has four campuses around the north-east of Northern Ireland : Ballymena, Coleraine, Magherafelt and N…

  • Antrim, County Antrim · 0.4 km

    Antrim is a historic market town, civil parish, and the county town of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It lies on the banks of the Six Mile Water on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, approximately 14 miles (23 k…

  • Antrim and Newtownabbey · 0.4 km

    Antrim and Newtownabbey is a local government district in Northern Ireland. The district was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Antrim with the Borough of Newtownabbey. The local authority is Antrim and…

  • Parkhall Integrated College · 0.4 km

    Parkhall Integrated College is an integrated co-educational non-selective secondary school in Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. There are 1,100 students aged between 11 and 18, that is in Year 8 to Year 14.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Antrim?
Antrim is a town in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, in the Antrim and Newtownabbey local authority.
What is the population of Antrim?
Antrim has an approximate settlement population of 19,661.