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Glenavy

Glenavy is a village in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,089. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic, 1 park or green, and 2 restaurants and cafés, along with 4 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Glenavy area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Lisburn and Castlereagh
County
Lisburn and Castlereagh
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

15°CSunny

  • Today: 15° / 9° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 20:01

13h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Lisburn Dunmurry Seymour Hill, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

47 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 40 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£240,737 average 9.7% YoY

Across Lisburn and Castlereagh · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: HRL Glenavy Village (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Robin Swann

Ulster Unionist Party

South Antrim

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
  • NoDraft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

No overall control

  • SF 4
  • DUP 14
  • Alli 13
  • UUP 6
  • SDLP 2
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

26 jobs advertised · £27,420 avg

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Glenavy – Flexible & Remote, Passenger Assistant, Class 1 Driver with HIAB

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,515 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Antrim:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Glenavy · 0.0 km

    Glenavy is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is approximately 11 miles west of Belfast and eight miles north-west of Lisburn, and sits on the banks of the Glenavy river. In the 2021 cen…

  • Glenavy railway station · 0.4 km

    Glenavy railway station served Glenavy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station is currently closed to passengers.

  • Crumlin Integrated College · 2.5 km

    Crumlin Integrated College is an integrated, secondary school founded in 2006, located in Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies within the North Eastern Education and Library Board area. It was formerly Cr…

  • Crumlin railway station (Northern Ireland) · 3.2 km

    Crumlin railway station served Crumlin in County Antrim, Northern Ireland but is now closed to passengers.

  • Crumlin, County Antrim · 3.3 km

    Crumlin is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is near the shore of Lough Neagh, 20 miles (32 km) west of Belfast city centre and 3 miles (4.6 km) from Belfast International Airport at Aldergrove. It was for…

  • Crumlin Viaduct (Northern Ireland) · 3.4 km

    The Crumlin Viaduct is a railway bridge in Crumlin, County Antrim. It has the distinction of being the only place in Ireland where a train, plane, car, and boat can theoretically cross paths, due to its unique status…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Glenavy?
Glenavy is a town in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland, in the Lisburn and Castlereagh local authority.
What is the population of Glenavy?
Glenavy has an approximate settlement population of 1,089.