Where is Newtownhamilton?

Newtownhamilton is a town in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland, in the Newry, Mourne and Down local authority.

What is the population of Newtownhamilton?

Newtownhamilton has an approximate settlement population of 2,836.

Newtownhamilton

Newtownhamilton is a village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 2,836. Local facilities include 3 schools, 1 GP clinic, 3 parks & greens, and 1 restaurant & café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Newtownhamilton 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

8°CClear

Today: 13° / 5° · 90% rain
Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:11Sunset 18:08

9h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland

Food hygiene

18 food businesses within 2 miles

15 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
2 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 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Your MP

Dáire Hughes

Sinn Féin

Newry and Armagh

Source: UK Parliament

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

10,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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:

Review discharge of mental health patients112 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth90 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately82 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills70 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Amend standards for PIP to clearly include type 1 diabetics70 local signatures · 17,663 nationwide

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

Notable places nearby

Newtownhamilton · 0.0 km
Newtownhamilton is a small village and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. 10 miles (16 km) west of Newry, it lies predominantly within Tullyvallan townland in the area known as South Armagh.
Tullyvallen massacre · 3.2 km
The Tullyvallen massacre took place on 1 September 1975, when Irish republican gunmen attacked an Orange Order meeting hall at Tullyvallen, near Newtownhamilton in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The Orange Order is…
Walker's Bar attack · 3.2 km
The Walker's Bar attack, also known as the Store Bar shooting, was a mass shooting which took place on 25 June 1976 at Walker's Bar on Lyle Hill Road in Templepatrick, County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It was carried…
Ballymoyer · 4.1 km
Ballymoyer or Ballymyre is a civil parish in the historic barony of Fews Upper, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 3 miles north-east of Newtownhamilton.
Ballymoyer House · 4.8 km
Ballymoyer House, now demolished, was an 18th-century country house in the townland of Ballintemple in the civil parish of Ballymoyer, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The house stood in a 7000-acre demesne approximat…
Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency) · 5.5 km
Newry and Armagh is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Newtownhamilton?: Newtownhamilton is a town in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland, in the Newry, Mourne and Down local authority.
What is the population of Newtownhamilton?: Newtownhamilton has an approximate settlement population of 2,836.