Ballynure
Ballynure is a village in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 2,500. It has 1 school, 1 supermarket, 1 park and green, and 1 restaurant and café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ballynure area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- County
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
Weather
10°CLight rain
- Today: 10° / 8° · 57% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 7° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:12Sunset 17:02
9h 50m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
14 food businesses within 2 miles
- 13 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
- 0 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 2026-07
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (3.8 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Asda (3.8 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
3 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 22 kW
- Nearest: Sixmile Leisure Centre (3.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Your MP
Robin Swann
Ulster Unionist Party
South Antrim
Recent votes:
- NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
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
Local businesses
5,460 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
5 jobs advertised
e.g. Salesforce Product Owner, Sales Ledger Assistant FTC, Car Delivery Driver – self-employed
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
2.3% 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:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth143 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills135 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately98 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings73 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
- Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK68 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Ballynure railway station · 0.2 kmBallynure railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.
Ballynure · 0.7 kmBallynure is a village and civil parish near Ballyclare in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is part of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and had a population of 677 people in the 2001 census.
A8 road (Northern Ireland) · 1.2 kmThe A8 in Northern Ireland is a 26.1 km route connecting the city of Belfast with the harbour town of Larne. One of the busiest routes in the region, the road forms part of the unsigned European routes E01 and E18.
Straid · 2.4 kmStraid is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about three miles east of Ballyclare, and about six miles inland from Carrickfergus. It lies at the centre of the townland of Straidlands, in the Civil Par…
Ballyboley Junction railway station · 2.5 kmBallyboley Junction railway station was the junction for the branch line to Doagh via Ballyclare (B&L) in Northern Ireland.
- Sixmilewater Fault · 3.2 km
Sixmilewater Fault is a geological fault in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)