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Jordanstown

Jordanstown is a town in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 5,494. It has 9 schools, 3 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, 2 supermarkets, 17 parks and greens, and around 25 restaurants and cafés, along with 11 bus stops and Jordanstown railway station 0.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Jordanstown 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

16°CSunny

  • Today: 16° / 8° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 20:00

13h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

198 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 172 rated 4–5 ★ (156 top)
  • 3 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)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Asda (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 180.9p · Asda (10.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

39 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: Park and Ride, Lynda Avenue (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

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)

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 East Antrim:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Monkstown, County Antrim · 0.4 km

    Monkstown is a townland and electoral ward in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the urban area of Newtownabbey and the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. The townland was previously called Bally…

  • Jordanstown railway station · 0.5 km

    Jordanstown railway station serves Jordanstown and the University of Ulster in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. A park and ride facility for the station has been proposed to ease congestion on the main Jordanstown Road.

  • Bleach Green · 0.7 km

    Bleach Green is a railway junction located in Newtownabbey where the Belfast–Larne line diverges from the Belfast–Derry line. The Bleach Green Junction is the only burrowing junction in the whole of Ireland.

  • Bleach Green railway station · 0.8 km

    Bleach Green is a former station operated by Northern Ireland Railways in the village of Whiteabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

  • Jordanstown · 0.8 km

    Jordanstown is a townland and electoral ward in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the urban area of Newtownabbey and the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It is also situated in the civil paris…

  • Whiteabbey · 1.0 km

    Whiteabbey is a townland in Newtownabbey, north of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Jordanstown?
Jordanstown is a town in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, in the Antrim and Newtownabbey local authority.
What is the population of Jordanstown?
Jordanstown has an approximate settlement population of 5,494.