Muckamore
Muckamore is a town or village in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, with the nearest railway station being Antrim, 5.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Muckamore area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- County
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
Weather
11°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 15° / 8° · 49% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:42Sunset 20:01
13h 19m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
26US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Lisburn Dunmurry Seymour Hill, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
10 food businesses within 2 miles
- 9 rated 4–5 ★ (8 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 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
20 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 400 kW
- Nearest: Dunadry Hotel (1) (1.8 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
Local businesses
5,355 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
62 jobs advertised · £33,368 avg
e.g. SQL Database Administrator, Recruitment Administrator (12 month contract), Factory Operative
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:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s324 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership242 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office163 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test162 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth143 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Dunadry railway station · 1.6 km
Dunadry railway station served the hamlet of Dunadry and was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Belfast to Ballymena in Northern Ireland.
Muckamore Abbey Hospital · 2.7 kmThe Muckamore Abbey Hospital is a health facility on Abbey Road, Muckamore, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
Muckamore · 2.8 kmMuckamore is a townland and village on the outskirts of Antrim in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the Grange of Muckamore in the barony of Massereene Lower.
Killead · 2.8 kmKillead is a hamlet and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is near Aldergrove and Antrim and is accessed from the A26 Tully Road. It had a population of 81 people in the 2011 Census.
Ballycraigy · 3.3 kmBallycraigy is a townland and housing estate in Antrim town, Northern Ireland. According to the census for Ballycraigy ward the estate has approximately 865 residents.
Loanends · 3.4 kmLoanends is a hamlet located in the townlands of Grange of Carmavy and Ballymather Lower, near Antrim in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The settlement's name derives from the term 'loan-end', which translates to 'la…
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