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Find your town in Lisburn and Castlereagh

Lisburn and Castlereagh 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
5grade A− or better
126,028people
Metropolitan Castlereaghlargest · 58,763
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Lisburn and Castlereagh at a glance

What Lisburn and Castlereagh is like

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

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Lisburn and Castlereagh town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
How Lisburn and Castlereagh’s towns grade overall5 graded towns
A5

5 of 5 (100%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

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

A+

Carryduff

Town · 7,173 people · #9 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingASafetyLowestCWalkability
A+

Hillsborough and Culcavy

Town · 3,754 people · #70 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+SafetyACost of livingLowestDWalkability
A+

Metropolitan Castlereagh

Large town · 58,763 people · #104 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingA−SafetyLowestCHealth
A−

Moira

Town · 4,891 people · #418 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingASafetyLowestC−Schools
A−

Lisburn

Large town · 51,447 people · #488 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingBSchoolsLowestC−Health

Photos: 0: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 1: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 3: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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