Where is Ballywalter?

Ballywalter is a town in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, in the Ards and North Down local authority.

What is the population of Ballywalter?

Ballywalter has an approximate settlement population of 1,572.

Ballywalter

Ballywalter is a village in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,572. It has 1 school, 1 GP surgery or clinic, 1 pharmacy, 3 parks and greens, around 1 restaurant or café, and 1 bus stop. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ballywalter area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Ards and North Down
County: Ards and North Down

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

10°CCloudy

Today: 14° / 7° · 87% rain
Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:08Sunset 18:03

9h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

15 food businesses within 2 miles

11 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

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 150 kW
Nearest: HRL Carrowdore (5.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

Strangford

Recent votes:

AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
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

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

No overall control

DUP 14
Alli 12
UUP 8
SDLP 1
Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,420 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction7.8
Feeling worthwhile8.0
Happiness yesterday7.7
Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Strangford:

Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings185 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth131 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately126 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases122 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills112 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

Ballywalter Lifeboat Station · 0.2 km
Ballywalter Lifeboat Station was located at the pier head at Harbour Road, in Ballywalter, a village located on the east coast of the Ards Peninsula, in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Ballywalter · 1.5 km
Ballywalter is a village or townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east coast of the Ards Peninsula between Donaghadee and Ballyhalbert. Ballywalter was formerly known as Whitkirk as…
Loch Sunart (sailing ship) · 2.1 km
Loch Sunart was an iron-hulled sailing ship that was built in Scotland in 1878 for Loch Line's service between Great Britain and Australia. The ship was named after Loch Sunart in Lochaber.
Ards (territory) · 3.0 km
Ards is the name of several different historical territorial divisions all located on the Ards Peninsula in modern-day County Down, Northern Ireland.
Ards Peninsula · 3.6 km
The Ards Peninsula is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the north-east coast of Ireland. It separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel of the Irish Sea. Towns and villages on the peninsula includ…
Grey Abbey, Down · 4.8 km
Grey Abbey is a ruined Cistercian priory in Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland. Currently maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, it is a monument in state care in the townland of Rosemount, on th…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ballywalter?: Ballywalter is a town in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, in the Ards and North Down local authority.
What is the population of Ballywalter?: Ballywalter has an approximate settlement population of 1,572.