Castlereagh

15°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 7° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:57

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Belfast Centre, United Kingdom

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 409 rated 4–5 ★ (334 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£184,768 average▲ 7.7% YoY

Across Belfast · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 152.7p · Asda (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (11.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

105 charging locations within ~8 km

• 33 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Gavin Robinson

Democratic Unionist Party

Belfast East

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

• SF 22
• DUP 14
• Alli 10
• UUP 2
• SDLP 4
• Oth 8

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

15,465 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

107 jobs advertised · £43,705 avg

e.g. Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Castlereagh – Flexible Schedule, Project Manager (Construction Consultancy), Babysitter wanted in Castlereagh - babysitting Castlereagh

Source: Adzuna

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,429 disposable income per head (2024)

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

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Belfast East:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s312 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership306 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office196 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test172 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth141 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

• Castlereagh College · 0.8 km

  Castlereagh College was a further and higher education college in east Belfast. In 2007, it merged with the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education to form part of the Belfast Metropolitan College. The site…

• Castlereagh (County Down townland) · 0.8 km

  Castlereagh is a townland and former hamlet in the civil parish of Knockbreda, barony of Castlereagh Lower, in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is southeast of Belfast and now at the fringe of the city's suburbs. T…

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  A55 road (Northern Ireland) · 1.1 km

  The A55 road forms Belfast's outer-ring road.

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  Grosvenor Grammar School · 1.3 km

  Grosvenor Grammar School is an 11–18 co-educational, grammar school and sixth form in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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  Ravenhill Stadium · 1.3 km

  Ravenhill Stadium is a rugby stadium located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the home of Ulster Rugby. With the opening of a new stand for the 2014 Heineken Cup quarter-final against Saracens on 5 April 2014, the…

• Braniel · 1.4 km

  Braniel or The Braniel is a large housing estate and townland in southeast Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is in the barony of Castlereagh Upper and parish of Knockbreda in County Down. Two small developments, Roddens a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)