Cargan
Cargan is a settlement in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland, with around 1 school and around 1 restaurant or café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cargan area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- County
- Mid and East Antrim
Weather
5°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 7° / 3° · 90% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 3° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:07
9h 57m 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
5 food businesses within 2 miles
- 4 rated 4–5 ★ (3 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)
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
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
Cargan · 1.5 kmCargan is a hamlet and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Slievenanee in Glenravel – locally known as "The Tenth Glen" along with the more widely known nine Glens of Antrim. It is part…
Cargan railway station · 1.7 kmCargan railway station served the local mines and the village of Cargan and was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
North Antrim (Assembly constituency) · 2.2 kmNorth Antrim is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
- Cross Roads railway station · 2.5 km
Cross Roads railway station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Newtown Crommelin · 3.2 kmNewtowncrommelin is a small village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies 8 miles north-northeast of Ballymena and is in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area. The village of Newtowncromm…
Parkmore railway station · 3.6 kmParkmore railway station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)