Springfield
Springfield is a settlement in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has around 20 schools, 6 GP & clinics, 6 pharmacies, 6 supermarkets, 28 parks & greens, and 21 restaurants & cafés, with 10 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Belfast Grand Central, 1.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Springfield area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
10°CLight rain shower
- Today: 10° / 7° · 67% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 5° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:05
9h 55m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
24US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 408 rated 4–5 ★ (325 top)
- 11 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£184,768 average▲ 7.7% YoY
Across Belfast · to 2026-07
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
93 charging locations within ~8 km
- 33 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Dalys Garage-Hyundai (0.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- SF 22
- DUP 14
- Alli 10
- UUP 2
- SDLP 4
- Oth 8
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
15,745 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
76 jobs advertised · £35,842 avg
e.g. Field Sales Representative, Class 1 Driver Royal Mail, Vehicle Technician
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
3.9% 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
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Belfast West:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth197 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings158 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases87 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately73 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after53 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Belfast West (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 0.6 kmBelfast West was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned four MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
- St Rose's Dominican College · 0.7 km
St Rose's Dominican College was a non-selective, Catholic Maintained, all ability, school for girls aged 11–18 years located in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1961 by nuns of the Dominican order who…
Woodvale Park · 0.8 kmWoodvale Park is a park in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Opened in 1888 and run by the city council, it provides a venue for association football and bowls as well as a children's play area and landscaped areas for walki…
- Shankill Graveyard · 0.8 km
The Shankill Graveyard is one of the oldest cemeteries in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Black Mountain (Belfast) · 0.9 kmBlack Mountain is a prominent hill overlooking the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Rising to a height of 1,275 ft (389 m), it dominates much of west Belfast and, together with the adjoining Divis mountain, forms pa…
St Mary's University College, Belfast · 0.9 kmSt Mary's University College is a university college in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a constituent college of Queen's University Belfast.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)