Whiteabbey
Whiteabbey is a settlement in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. It has 5 schools, 4 GPs and clinics, 5 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, 9 parks and greens, and 23 restaurants and cafés. There are 12 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Whiteabbey, 0.7km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Whiteabbey area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- County
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
Weather
10°CLight rain
- Today: 13° / 3° · 90% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:05
9h 55m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
23US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
221 food businesses within 2 miles
- 186 rated 4–5 ★ (164 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 2026-07
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (11.6 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Asda (11.6 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
62 charging locations within ~8 km
- 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 320 kW
- Nearest: Jordanstown Caravan Park Car Park (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
5,460 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
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 Belfast North:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth143 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings123 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately98 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases66 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after62 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Whiteabbey railway station · 0.7 kmWhiteabbey Railway Station serves the village of Whiteabbey in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.
Whiteabbey · 0.8 kmWhiteabbey is a townland in Newtownabbey, north of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Whiteabbey Hospital · 0.9 kmWhiteabbey Hospital is a hospital located close to the village of Whiteabbey, within the town of Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. The hospital first opened in 1907 as The Abbey Sanitorium, centred around a country hous…
- Whitehouse Primary School · 1.0 km
Whitehouse Primary School is a controlled primary school in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. It was destroyed in an arson attack on 18 July 2009. After the school was destroyed, its students were temporarily housed in…
Bleach Green railway station · 1.0 kmBleach Green is a former station operated by Northern Ireland Railways in the village of Whiteabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
- Newtownabbey Community High School · 1.1 km
Newtownabbey Community High School was a secondary school in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)