Ballycarry

Ballycarry is a village in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. It has 1 school, 1 park or green, and 2 restaurants or cafés. There is 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station is Ballycarry, 1.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ballycarry area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Mid and East Antrim
County: Mid and East Antrim

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

10°CHeavy rain

Today: 14° / 5° · 89% rain
Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:04

9h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

26 food businesses within 2 miles

23 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£177,450 average▲ 8.2% YoY

Across Mid and East Antrim · to 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 80 kW
Nearest: Carrickfergus Park and Ride (7.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist Party

East Antrim

Recent votes:

NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
NoClosure motion
AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

No overall control

SF 4
DUP 12
Alli 7
UUP 8
Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

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

£22,320 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction7.8
Feeling worthwhile8.2
Happiness yesterday7.9
Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Antrim:

End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately134 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings128 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills122 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases111 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth100 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

Notable places nearby

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Whitehead railway station · 3.4 km
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