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
9°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 14° / 8° · 54% rain
- Tomorrow: 14° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:46Sunset 20:01
13h 15m 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 · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
23 food businesses within 2 miles
- 21 rated 4–5 ★ (19 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 2026-06
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
10,845 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
2.1% 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:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s260 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Urgently review & adjust steel import quota & tariff changes - effective 01/07187 local signatures · 10,229 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership142 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test107 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth68 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
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- Swatragh GAC · 1.9 km
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- Upperlands railway station · 2.9 km
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- Ballymacilcurr · 4.3 km
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