Comber
Comber is a town in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 9,190. It has 4 schools, 1 supermarket, 5 parks and greens, and 4 restaurants and cafés, along with 9 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Comber area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- County
- Ards and North Down
Weather
4°CMist
- Today: 13° / 3° · 91% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:09Sunset 18:04
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
58 food businesses within 2 miles
- 48 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (5.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (5.2 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
24 charging locations within ~8 km
- 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Comber REC (0.1 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
Local businesses
6,005 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
16 jobs advertised · £50,000 avg
e.g. End User Computing Lead, Salesforce Product Owner, Digital Workplace Lead
Source: Adzuna
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
Comber Whiskey · 0.1 kmComber Whiskey was an Irish whiskey distilled in Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was last distilled in 1956. However, some reserves were discovered and bottled in the 1980s as "Old Comber" and some of these…
Comber · 0.1 kmComber is a historic market town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies 5 miles (8 km) south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish o…
- The Green, Comber · 0.5 km
The Green is a cricket ground in Comber, Northern Ireland and the home of North Down Cricket Club. The ground was established in 1857 and had capacity of 2000 in early days. The two ends are Pavilion End and Mount Ale…
- Comber railway station · 0.7 km
Comber railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle in Northern Ireland.
Drumhirk · 2.5 kmDrumhirk is a rural townland between Ballygowan and Comber in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has an area of 515.2 acres (2.085 km2). It is situated in the civil parish of Kilmood, the Poor Law Union of Newtownards…
- Ards (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 3.2 km
Ards was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Compare Ards and North Down with nearby areas
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Comber?
- Comber is a town in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, in the Ards and North Down local authority.
- What is the population of Comber?
- Comber has an approximate settlement population of 9,190.