Drumhirk

Drumhirk is a settlement in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. It has 4 schools, 3 supermarkets, 12 parks and greens, and 5 restaurants and cafés. There are 5 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Drumawhey Junction, 4km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Drumhirk 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

13°CPartly Cloudy

Today: 15° / 10° · 17% rain
Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:59

13h 18m 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 · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

225 food businesses within 2 miles

179 rated 4–5 ★ (149 top)
4 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.

Fuel prices

Cheapest petrol: 152.7p · Asda (3 km)
Cheapest diesel: 172.7p · Asda (6.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 200 kW
Nearest: bp Rosevale (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

Strangford

Recent votes:

AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6
AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65

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

5,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Photography Tutor - Part Time, Online Drawing Tutor - Part Time, Online Chemistry Tutoring Job in Drumhirk – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

2.4% 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 a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership261 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Do not ban social media for under 16s259 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings174 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide
Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office172 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test153 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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Somme Heritage Centre · 1.4 km
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Newtownards Priory · 1.9 km
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Market House, Newtownards · 2.0 km
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Loughriscouse · 2.3 km
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