Swatragh
Swatragh is a town or village in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland. It has around 1 school, 1 park or green space, and 1 restaurant or café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Swatragh area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Mid Ulster
- County
- Mid Ulster
Weather
7°CLight rain shower
- Today: 11° / 5° · 91% rain
- Tomorrow: 8° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:14Sunset 18:07
9h 54m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
24US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
23 food businesses within 2 miles
- 22 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£195,453 average▲ 10.5% YoY
Across Mid Ulster · to 2026-07
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
5 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: DRD Car Park, St. Lurachs Road (6.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- SF 19
- DUP 11
- UUP 2
- SDLP 5
- Oth 3
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
10,990 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£22,124 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction8.0
- Feeling worthwhile8.3
- Happiness yesterday8.0
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)1.9
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Ulster:
- Urgently review & adjust steel import quota & tariff changes - effective 01/07187 local signatures · 10,279 nationwide
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after94 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth68 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately67 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Require accessible changing benches for disabled children in public venues59 local signatures · 11,756 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
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- Ballymacilcurr · 4.3 km
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