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Newtownbreda

Newtownbreda is a town in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. It has 4 schools, 3 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, 3 supermarkets, 2 parks and greens, and 9 restaurants and cafés. There are 34 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Adelaide, 4.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Newtownbreda 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

12°COvercast

  • Today: 15° / 8° · 33% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 20:00

13h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Belfast Centre, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

208 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 183 rated 4–5 ★ (165 top)
  • 2 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

96 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Cairns Hill Park & Ride (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Claire Hanna

Social Democratic & Labour Party

Belfast South and Mid Down

Recent votes:

  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
  • NoPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19

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

31 jobs advertised · £35,593 avg

e.g. Peerpoint Resourcing Manager, Management Accountant (12m FTC), Customer Delivery Driver - Newtownbreda Extra

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 Belfast South and Mid Down:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Knockbracken Healthcare Park · 1.3 km

    The Knockbracken Healthcare Park is a mental health facility based on the Saintfield Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

  • Newtownbreda · 1.4 km

    Newtownbreda, most commonly known as Breda is a residential suburban village of south Belfast and within County Down in Northern Ireland, clustered around a small and now largely invisible 18th century village. The A5…

  • Forster Green Hospital · 1.4 km

    Forster Green Hospital was a non-acute hospital located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It offered a range of services including neurology, care of older people, and a child and family centre. The hospital was located o…

  • Lagan College · 1.5 km

    Lagan College is a grant maintained integrated secondary school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It holds a total of around 1480 students. It was formed in 1981 as the first integrated school in Northern Ireland and cont…

  • Belvoir Park Golf Club · 1.6 km

    The Belvoir Park Golf Club is in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The course has eighteen holes with a par of 71.

  • Forestside Shopping Centre · 1.6 km

    Lesley Forestside is a shopping centre located in Newtownbreda in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first phase of the centre, the 39,000 square feet (3,600 m2) Sainsbury's store, opened in March 1997 followed by t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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