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Find your town in Derry City and Strabane

Derry City and Strabane has 5 towns of 2,500 or more. Towns are graded against UK towns on cost of living, safety, schools, health and walkability; Northern Ireland has no Jobs or Flood risk grade.

5graded towns
2grade A− or better
108,174people
Derry Citylargest · 85,279
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Derry City and Strabane at a glance

What Derry City and Strabane is like

The typical Derry City and Strabane town grades highest on cost of living and walkability against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on health. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Derry City and Strabane town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
How Derry City and Strabane’s towns grade overall5 graded towns
A2B1C2

2 of 5 (40%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full Derry City and Strabane list, with what drives each gradeCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subject
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5 towns · ordered by Derry City and Strabane rank

A−

Newbuildings

Town · 2,837 people · #343 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingA+SafetyLowestDWalkability
A−

Eglinton

Town · 3,571 people · #462 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingA−SafetyLowestD−Walkability
B−

Castlederg

Town · 2,980 people · #1,087 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingC+WalkabilityLowestC−Health
C+

Derry City

Large town · 85,279 people · #1,286 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingBWalkabilityLowestD−Health
C+

Strabane

Town · 13,507 people · #1,380 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingB+WalkabilityLowestD−Schools

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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · NISRA Census 2021, data zones best-fitted to the NISRA Settlement Development Limits 2015 (settlement totals from NISRA where it publishes them). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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