Eglinton’s story
7 listed buildings
The Historic Environment Division lists them inside Eglinton’s settlement, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
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EglintonDerry City and Strabane
TownGrade
A−
#2 of 5 in Derry City and Strabane
The average domestic rates bill is £1,121 a year. In Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, this town has 3,571 residents.
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Population
3,571
Census 2021 · Derry City and Strabane council
Median home
£206K
112 sales in 2022–24
Median age
41.5
15% are 65+ · Derry City and Strabane 16%
Degree level
40%
of residents 16+ · Northern Ireland 32%
Walk, cycle, bus
6%
of commuters · Northern Ireland 18%
Is Eglinton a good place to live?
Homes are affordable: homes sell for a median £206,100, about 4.2 times local household income. At A− overall, Eglinton ranks #2 of 5 in Derry City and Strabane and #26 of 63 in Northern Ireland. Set against the rest, it does better than 78% of UK towns. It is hard to get around without a car: 6% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Health is weaker too — men here can expect to live to 79.3, women to 84.3.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry (LPS), 2022 to 2024 at early-2025 prices · commuting, Census 2021 · life expectancy, ONS.
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).
How Eglinton grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Northern Ireland), ordered by how far Eglinton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Cost of livingRates £1,121 a yearA+Open →WalkabilityNear the bottom of the towns comparedD−Open →SafetyGraded on crime per residentA−Open →HealthResidents’ health trails most townsCOpen →SchoolsGCSE results beat 49% of Northern Ireland townsB−Open →
Jobs & incomeNo small-area data in NI–
Hazard riskNI flood maps aren’t open–
How TownRatings grades towns →
What makes Eglinton stand out
The 3 things Eglinton does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
6% 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
£1,121 a year
The average domestic rates bill in Derry City and Strabane, 2026–27: 40% 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.
87%of UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people
Safety
of UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people
Per resident, police.uk, 3 years.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eglinton.
HousingCost of living grade A+
Buying in Eglinton costs more than in both Derry City and Strabane’s towns and Northern Ireland’s towns, at an estimated median of £206K
£206Kmedian sale
Home ownership stands at 73% of households. No town in Derry City and Strabane costs more to buy into than Eglinton, at £206,100, the highest of 5. Also worth knowing: the social rented sector houses one in ten households. Private renters make up 16% of households, below both Derry City and Strabane’s towns (19%) and Northern Ireland’s towns (19%).
Median sale price · 2022 to 2024, at early-2025 prices
Eglinton£206K
Typical UK town£277K
73%
of households own their home · Northern Ireland 59%
16%
rent privately · Northern Ireland 19%
£1,121
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 Eglinton, 2022 to 2024, brought to early-2025 prices and weighted by sales.
SchoolsB−
Eglinton’s schools fall behind 51% of Northern Ireland towns on results
B−School Grade
Its only school is listed below. The town’s primary school has 205 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eglinton Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 205 | – |
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.The Schools page →
Work & commute
The car carries 93% of commuters in Eglinton, more than in both Derry City and Strabane’s towns and Northern Ireland’s towns
6%walk, cycle or ride
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 18% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 0.5 jobs in Eglinton for each resident in work. Work in town: 9% of resident commuters. The next most common way to work was walking (4%).
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving93%
On foot4%
Bus2%
18%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
D−
Walkability: more walkable than 3% of UK towns
NISRA Census 2021, method of travel to work · OGL
Safety
Eglinton records less burglary and damage per resident than Derry City and Strabane’s towns or Northern Ireland’s towns, at 3.5 per 1,000 a year
17.5violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearA−Safety Grade
70% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Violent crime runs at 17.5 per 1,000 residents a year. 96 crimes and 42 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what the PSNI recorded inside Eglinton’s settlement in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, Eglinton records less crime per resident than 87% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 87% 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 & sexual67
Other theft13
Damage & arson9
Drugs2
Other crime2
Burglary1
Vehicle crime1
Bicycle theft1
Anti-social42
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.
17.5
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
3.5
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
10.8
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
96
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.
Health
Disability is less common in Eglinton, 20% of residents, than in Derry City and Strabane’s towns and Northern Ireland’s towns
82%good or very good healthCHealth Grade
82% of people in Eglinton rate their own health good or very good. The town’s share in bad or very bad health, 6.2%, is the lowest of the 5 towns in Derry City and Strabane.
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 82%Fair 12%Bad or very bad 6%
| Census 2021 | Eglinton | Derry City and Strabane | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 74% | 77% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.2% | 11% | 8.7% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 29% | 26% |
79.3
life expectancy at birth, men (2022–24)
84.3
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 · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy.
History
Eglinton’s listed buildings: 7, all Grade B
7listed buildings
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
2 scheduled monuments lie in Eglinton. This Derry City and Strabane town has 20 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, lower than both Derry City and Strabane’s towns (22) and Northern Ireland’s towns (34).
Listed buildings by grade · HED
Grade A0
Grade B+0
Grade B7
2
scheduled monuments
0
historic parks, gardens and demesnes
20
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
Eglinton is a graduates’ town: 40% hold a degree, more than in both Derry City and Strabane’s towns and Northern Ireland’s towns
41.5median age
At 41.5, the median resident of Eglinton sits in the middle of the age range. 21% are under 15, above Derry City and Strabane’s towns (20%) and Northern Ireland’s towns (19%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 15% of residents.
EglintonDerry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland
Ages · share of residents
12%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications18%
A levels or similar16%
Degree level40%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across Northern Ireland, 51% of residents are women.
| Eglinton | Derry City and Strabane | Northern Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 19% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 29% | 25% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 16% | 16% |
| Degree level | 40% | 29% | 32% |
NISRA Census 2021 · Derry City and Strabane 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 Eglinton
10pages on Eglinton
The big questions
About Eglinton
Town in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland
Eglinton is a settlement of 3,571 people, in the Derry City and Strabane 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
- 3,571 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Derry City and Strabane
- Nation
- Northern Ireland
- Area
- 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km²)
- NISRA code
- N11000244
Eglinton’s neighbours
The nearest settlements, from NISRA’s 2015 boundaries. See them on the map →
Derry CityNewbuildingsLimavadyEglinton
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eglinton | 3,571 | — | A− | A+ | A− | C |
| Derry City | 85,279 | 5.7 | C+ | A+ | D | D− |
| Newbuildings | 2,837 | 8.3 | A− | A+ | A+ | C− |
| Limavady | 11,729 | 9.8 | C− | A+ | C | D− |
People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Eglinton
Is Eglinton expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale in 2022 to 2024, at early-2025 prices, was £206,100, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. On cost of living it is the 49th most affordable of 63 Northern Ireland towns.
How much are the rates in Eglinton?
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 Derry City and Strabane is about £1,121 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.
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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.