Where is Newtownards?

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

What is the population of Newtownards?

Newtownards has an approximate settlement population of 29,363.

Newtownards

Newtownards is a town in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 29,363. It has around 11 schools, 4 GP surgeries, 7 pharmacies, 6 supermarkets, 17 parks, and 28 restaurants and cafés, along with 29 bus stops and the Drumawhey Junction railway station 5.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Newtownards 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

6°COvercast

Today: 13° / 5° · 90% rain
Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · 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

225 food businesses within 2 miles

181 rated 4–5 ★ (150 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: 159.7p · Asda (7.7 km)
Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (7.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

27 charging locations within ~8 km

12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 200 kW
Nearest: bp Rosevale (0.4 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)

Jobs

148 jobs advertised · £34,803 avg

e.g. Delivery Rider - Car, Senior In-House Lawyer - AI & Data Privacy, Data Privacy Lawyer

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

Newtownards Priory · 0.2 km
Newtownards Priory was a medieval Dominican priory founded by the Savage family around 1244 in the village of Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. Only the lower parts of the nave and two blocked doors in the s…
Market House, Newtownards · 0.4 km
Market House is a municipal building in Conway Square, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a Grade B+ listed building.
Newtownards · 0.7 km
Newtownards, is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the civil parish of Newtownards and the…
Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland constituency) · 0.8 km
Newtownards was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Regent House School · 0.9 km
Regent House School is a co-educational, controlled grammar school in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. The school comprises two parts: the grammar school and the preparatory department. Its current enrollme…
Ards Community Hospital · 1.0 km
The Ards Community Hospital is a health facility in Church Street, Newtownards, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Newtownards?: Newtownards is a town in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, in the Ards and North Down local authority.
What is the population of Newtownards?: Newtownards has an approximate settlement population of 29,363.