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

What is the population of Portavogie?

Portavogie has an approximate settlement population of 1,639.

Portavogie

Portavogie is a village in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,639. It has around 1 school, 1 pharmacy, 1 park or green space, and 1 restaurant or café, along with 2 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Portavogie 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°CLight rain shower

Today: 11° / 9° · 57% rain
Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 17:01

9h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

17 food businesses within 2 miles

16 rated 4–5 ★ (16 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.

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

Portavogie · 0.3 km
Portavogie is a village, townland and fishing port in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies within the Ards and North Down Borough and is the easternmost settlement in Ireland. It had a population of 2,122 people in…
RAF Kirkistown · 1.5 km
Royal Air Force Kirkistown or more simply RAF Kirkistown is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) of Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Kirkistown Circuit · 1.7 km
Kirkistown Motor Racing Circuit is a permanent motorsport circuit located between the villages of Kirkistown and Portavogie, on the Ards Peninsula of County Down in Northern Ireland.
Kirkistown Castle · 2.4 km
Kirkistown Castle is a tower house situated near Cloghy, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Burr Point · 3.2 km
Burr Point is considered the easternmost point of mainland Northern Ireland and the Island of Ireland. It is located in the townland of Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, at longitude 5.4326ºW, althoug…
Ards Upper · 4.1 km
Ards Upper is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southern half of the Ards Peninsula in the east of the county, with the Irish Sea to its east and Strangford Lough to its west. It is bordered by…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Portavogie?: Portavogie is a town in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, in the Ards and North Down local authority.
What is the population of Portavogie?: Portavogie has an approximate settlement population of 1,639.