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Lisburn

Lisburn is a town in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 77,506. It has 10 schools, 4 pharmacies, 5 supermarkets, 14 parks and greens, and around 11 restaurants and cafés. There are 7 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Hilden, 0.4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lisburn 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

5°CClear

  • Today: 9° / 3° · 87% rain
  • Tomorrow: 13° / 3° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:08Sunset 18:08

10h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

323 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 287 rated 4–5 ★ (261 top)
  • 3 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 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

32 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: DRD Car Park, Benson Street (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Sorcha Eastwood

Alliance

Lagan Valley

Recent votes:

  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4

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

6,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

556 jobs advertised · £37,093 avg

e.g. Assistant Restaurant General Manager, Data Protection Lawyer, Revenue Control Manager

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 Lagan Valley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hilden railway station · 0.4 km

    Hilden railway station is located in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station opened on 1 May 1907, originally as Hilden Halt.

  • Lambeg railway station · 0.8 km

    Lambeg railway station serves Lambeg in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station opened on 1 September 1877.

  • Lambeg, County Antrim · 0.8 km

    Lambeg is a small village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Located between Belfast and Lisburn, it was once a small rural village, but is now within the Greater Belfast conurbation. Lambeg is also…

  • Thiepval barracks bombing · 0.9 km

    The Thiepval Barracks bombing was a double car bomb attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 7 October 1996. The bombs exploded inside Thiepval Barracks, the British Army headquarters in No…

  • Friends' School, Lisburn · 0.9 km

    Friends' School, Lisburn is a Quaker voluntary grammar school in the city of Lisburn, Northern Ireland, founded in 1774.

  • Wallace Park · 0.9 km

    The Wallace Park in Lisburn, Northern Ireland was bequeathed to the people of Lisburn by Sir Richard Wallace. There are a number of football pitches, tennis courts, a duck pond and a children's adventure play area. Th…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Lisburn?
Lisburn is a town in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland, in the Lisburn and Castlereagh local authority.
What is the population of Lisburn?
Lisburn has an approximate settlement population of 77,506.