Dungiven Castle · Grade II listed · Photo: bixentro · CC BY 2.0
Dungiven’s story
Dungiven in pictures
The Historic Environment Division lists 7 buildings inside Dungiven’s settlement, and 2 scheduled monuments.
Explore the history →DungivenCauseway Coast and Glens
The average domestic rates bill is £1,244 a year. It is a town of 3,346 residents in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.
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Dungiven Castle · Photo: bixentro · CC BY 2.0
Population
3,346
Census 2021 · Causeway Coast and Glens council
Median home
£182K
14 sales in 2022–24
Median age
36.1
13% are 65+ · Causeway Coast and Glens 20%
Degree level
29%
of residents 16+ · Northern Ireland 32%
Walk, cycle, bus
10%
of commuters · Northern Ireland 18%
TownGrade
A+
#1 of 7 in Causeway Coast and Glens
Is Dungiven a good place to live?
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: homes sell for a median £182,300, about 3.6 times local household income. Pupils here do better than most (A+): GCSE results beat 98% of Northern Ireland towns. The drawback is health (C−): life expectancy is 80.5 for men and 83.3 for women. It lags on walkability as well (C−): on the way to work, 10% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, better than 96% of UK towns. That places it #1 of 7 in Causeway Coast and Glens and #5 of 63 in Northern Ireland.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry (LPS), 2022 to 2024 at early-2025 prices · life expectancy, ONS · commuting, Census 2021.
This town's Cost Grade uses house prices and the domestic rates bill: Northern Ireland has no council tax, and no rents are published for its council areas. This town's Health Grade uses NISRA's life expectancy for its district electoral area (2022 to 2024) and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. Healthy life expectancy and the early-death and hospital measures English towns use aren't published for small areas in Northern Ireland. This town's School Grade uses GCSE results at the post-primary schools its children travel to, grammar and non-grammar, compared with schools across Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland publishes no primary school results. Northern Ireland has no Jobs Grade (no small-area income, claimant or job-access data is published) and no Hazards Grade (its flood maps aren't open data).
What makes Dungiven stand out
The 3 things Dungiven does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
10% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Northern Ireland’s towns 18%)
0% of commuters travel under 5 km.
Rates vs council tax, average bill
Rates
£1,244 a year
The average domestic rates bill in Causeway Coast and Glens, 2026–27: 33% below England’s average council tax per home, £1,868
Rates are set on the home’s value and also pay for water. Land & Property Services.
Secondary results, Northern Ireland towns
Schools
Secondary results beat 98%
of Northern Ireland towns, on GCSE results (5+ at A* to C, with English and maths)
Department of Education, schools in or within 10 km.
How Dungiven grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Northern Ireland), ordered by how far Dungiven is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Cost of livingRates £1,244 a yearA+Open →SchoolsGCSE results beat 98% of Northern Ireland townsA+Open →SafetyBetter than most of the towns comparedA−Open →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesC−Open →HealthResidents’ health trails most townsC−Open →
Jobs & incomeNo small-area data in NI–
Hazard riskNI flood maps aren’t open–
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dungiven.
HousingCost of living grade A+
Dungiven is a renters’ town: 27% of households rent privately, more than in both Causeway Coast and Glens’ towns and Northern Ireland’s towns
13% of households rent from a council or housing body. It is the 5th most expensive of 7 towns of 2,500+ in Causeway Coast and Glens.
£182Kmedian sale
Median sale price · 2022 to 2024, at early-2025 prices
Dungiven£182K
Typical UK town£277K
27%
rent privately · Northern Ireland 19%
£1,244
average domestic rates bill, 2026–27 (no council tax in Northern Ireland)
NISRA / Land & Property Services ward sale prices and domestic rates · NISRA Census 2021 tenure · OGL · The figure is NISRA’s median sale price for the wards around Dungiven, 2022 to 2024, brought to early-2025 prices and weighted by sales.
SchoolsA+
Dungiven earns an A+ for
Some 1,138 pupils attend Dungiven’s two primaries and two secondaries. Below are three of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked. St Patrick's College’s results beat 94% of schools in Northern Ireland like it.
A+School Grade
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Canice Primary School and Nursery UnitLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 272 | – |
| Gaelcholaiste DhoireLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary | Post-primary | 364 | A |
| St Patrick's CollegeTop results in townPost-primary | Post-primary | 355 | A |
Department of Education (NI) · school census and exam results · The grade uses the post-primary schools in or within 10 km; Northern Ireland publishes no primary results.See all 4 schools →
Safety
Dungiven records less burglary and damage per resident than Causeway Coast and Glens’ towns or Northern Ireland’s towns, at 4.6 per 1,000 a year
Of all the crimes, 56% were violence and sexual offences. Violent crime ran at 17 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Causeway Coast and Glens’ towns (27.7) and Northern Ireland’s towns (21.3). In the 12 months to August 2026, the PSNI logged 90 crimes and 39 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Dungiven’s settlement. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Dungiven has less crime per resident than 86% of them.
17violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearA−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 86% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: less crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual50
Damage & arson15
Vehicle crime8
Burglary4
Public order3
Drugs3
Other theft2
Weapons2
Anti-social39
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
17
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
4.6
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
9.4
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
90
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the NISRA settlement boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Work & commute
More commuters in Dungiven drive than in Causeway Coast and Glens’ towns or Northern Ireland’s towns: 89%
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 15% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For every resident in work, Dungiven has 0.4 jobs. Of the commuters living locally, 21% work in the town itself. Walking ranked second among ways to work, at 7%.
10%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving89%
On foot7%
Bus2%
15%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
C−
Walkability: more walkable than 21% of UK towns
NISRA Census 2021, method of travel to work · OGL
Health
79% of people in Dungiven say their health is good or very good, more than in both Causeway Coast and Glens’ towns and Northern Ireland’s towns
Disability touches a quarter of Dungiven’s population. At the census, 7.7% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, lower than both Causeway Coast and Glens’ towns (8.4%) and Northern Ireland’s towns (8.7%).
79%good or very good healthC−Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 79%Fair 13%Bad or very bad 8%
| Census 2021 | Dungiven | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 76% | 77% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.7% | 8.4% | 8.7% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 28% | 26% |
80.5
life expectancy at birth, men (2022–24)
83.3
life expectancy at birth, women
Northern Ireland towns’ Health Grades use NISRA’s life expectancy for 2022 to 2024 in the district electoral areas around the town, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age to the same standard as England and Wales. Healthy life expectancy isn’t published for Northern Ireland’s areas, and its early-death, hospital and child-obesity figures cover district electoral areas or council areas rather than small areas, so the Health page compares those with Northern Ireland without grading them.
NISRA Census 2021, general health and disability · NISRA life expectancy by district electoral area, 2022–24 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
History
Dungiven’s listed buildings: 7, all Grade B
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For its size, Dungiven has the second fewest listed buildings of the towns in Causeway Coast and Glens. The town has 2 scheduled monuments.
7listed buildings
Listed buildings by grade · HED
Grade A0
Grade B+0
Grade B7
2
scheduled monuments
0
historic parks, gardens and demesnes
21
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical town in England and Wales 24
HED list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Who lives here
Children make up 23% of Dungiven, above Causeway Coast and Glens’ towns and Northern Ireland’s towns
13% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Causeway Coast and Glens’ towns (20%) and Northern Ireland’s towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 are 13% of the population. Half of Dungiven is older than 36.1, half younger.
36.1median age
DungivenCauseway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland
Ages · share of residents
13%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications27%
A levels or similar17%
Degree level29%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across Northern Ireland, 51% of residents are women.
| Dungiven | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 19% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 13% | 20% | 17% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 16% | 16% |
| Degree level | 29% | 30% | 32% |
NISRA Census 2021 · Causeway Coast and Glens and Northern Ireland: all residents of their settlements · Women and men: whole data zones, which approximate the town’s boundary · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Dungiven
12pages on Dungiven
The big questions
Famous people from Dungiven
11 notable people were born in Dungiven.
Photo credits
Cara Dillon: Bryan Ledgard from Yorkshire, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Francie Brolly: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0 · William O'Hara: Bay State Publishing Co, Public domain · Mary Dillon: Folkworlds, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paul McCloskey: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0 · Cathal Ó hOisín: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sinnfeinireland/, CC BY 2.0
Dungiven’s neighbours
The nearest settlements, from NISRA’s 2015 boundaries. See them on the map →
Questions about Dungiven
Are schools in Dungiven good?
Northern Ireland publishes no primary results. 2 post-primary schools are inside the town; places are handled by the Education Authority.
Is Dungiven expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale in 2022 to 2024, at early-2025 prices, was £182,300, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. On cost of living it is the 40th most affordable of 63 Northern Ireland towns.
How much are the rates in Dungiven?
Northern Ireland has no council tax: homes pay domestic rates, set on the home’s capital value, and the rates also pay for water. The average bill in Causeway Coast and Glens is about £1,244 a year for 2026–27, against England’s average council tax per home of £1,868. Your own bill depends on your home’s value; check it with Land & Property Services on nidirect.
About Dungiven
Town in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
Dungiven is a settlement of 3,346 people, in the Causeway Coast and Glens council area. TownRatings uses NISRA’s settlements (the 2015 Settlement Development Limits) as Northern Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from NISRA geography and Census 2021
- Population
- 3,346 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Nation
- Northern Ireland
- Area
- 0.5 sq mi (1.4 km²)
- NISRA code
- N11000403
Sources: NISRA Census 2021, data zones best-fitted to the NISRA Settlement Development Limits 2015 (settlement totals from NISRA where it publishes them) · NISRA / Land & Property Services verified residential sales by ward, 2005 to 2024, new and existing dwellings (medians; the 2022 to 2024 headline brought to early-2025 prices with the LPS house price index, which runs to 2026) · Land & Property Services domestic rates paid by council, 2025-26, and Department of Finance rate poundages 2026-27 · data.police.uk street-level crime (Police Service of Northern Ireland), 36 months to August 2026, points inside the settlement boundary · NISRA life expectancy by district electoral area (2022 to 2024) and NISRA Census 2021 general health and disability, adjusted for age · ONS gross disposable household income by council (2022), scaled to household income on England and Wales’s councils · Department of Education examination performance at post-primary schools 2024/25 and school-level enrolment data 2025/26 · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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