Mullaghbane

Mullaghbane is a village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,800. There are around 1 schools, 1 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacies, around 59 parks and greens, and 1 restaurant or café, along with 2 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Mullaghbane area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Newry, Mourne and Down
County: Newry, Mourne and Down

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

15°CPatchy rain nearby

Today: 15° / 8° · 58% rain
Tomorrow: 15° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 20:02

13h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland

Food hygiene

21 food businesses within 2 miles

21 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£220,572 average▲ 12.8% YoY

Across Newry, Mourne and Down · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

Fastest nearby: 47 kW
Nearest: Silverbridge Harps GFC (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Council control

No overall control

SF 20
DUP 5
Alli 4
UUP 1
SDLP 8
Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

10,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Mullaghbane – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,824 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction7.7
Feeling worthwhile8.1
Happiness yesterday7.8
Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newry and Armagh:

Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership156 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test131 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Review discharge of mental health patients112 local signatures · 14,552 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth90 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

Notable places nearby

Mullaghbawn · 1.3 km
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Tí Chulainn · 2.0 km
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Forkhill Peadar Ó Doirnín GAC · 2.5 km
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Silverbridge, County Armagh · 2.8 km
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Forkhill · 2.9 km
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Dromintee · 3.8 km
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