Straid

Straid is a town or village in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Straid area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Causeway Coast and Glens
County: Causeway Coast and Glens

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

9°COvercast

Today: 9° / 8° · 82% rain
Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:09Sunset 18:10

10h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

4 food businesses within 2 miles

3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£218,871 average▲ 9.6% YoY

Across Causeway Coast and Glens · to 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Council control

No overall control

SF 12
DUP 12
Alli 5
UUP 3
SDLP 2
Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

7,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Fleet Service & Maintenance Coordinator

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,573 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction7.7
Feeling worthwhile8.1
Happiness yesterday7.6
Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Antrim:

End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately124 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills121 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings111 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth85 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after57 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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