Killen

Killen is a settlement in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, with around 1 school. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Killen area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Derry City and Strabane
County: Derry City and Strabane

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

12°COvercast

Today: 15° / 10° · 66% rain
Tomorrow: 15° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:48Sunset 20:07

13h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland

Food hygiene

10 food businesses within 2 miles

8 rated 4–5 ★ (6 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.

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

Fastest nearby: 22 kW
Nearest: Albert Street Cap Park (5.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Council control

No overall control

SF 18
DUP 5
UUP 3
SDLP 8
Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,925 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Quantity Surveyor (All Levels)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

4.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,375 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction7.4
Feeling worthwhile7.8
Happiness yesterday7.3
Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Tyrone:

Do not ban social media for under 16s273 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership129 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test115 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Set a maximum 6‑month diagnosis target for endometriosis102 local signatures · 3,830 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth82 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

Notable places nearby

Killen, County Tyrone · 1.1 km
Killen is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is several miles southwest of Castlederg, on the road leading south over Scraghy Mountain. A short distance to the west lies County Donegal…
Killeter · 3.2 km
Killeter is a small village and townland near Castlederg in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2021 census it had a population of 93.
Pettigoe Fault · 3.7 km
Pettigoe Fault is a geological fault in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Garvetagh · 4.0 km
Garvetagh is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, near Castlederg. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 69 people. It lies within the Strabane District Council area.
Bullock Park · 4.2 km
Bullock Park is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh West and the civil parish of Longfield West and covers an area of 398 acres.
Dergview F.C. · 4.6 km
Dergview Football Club is an intermediate-level, Northern Irish football playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.