Carryduff’s story
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The Historic Environment Division lists them inside Carryduff’s settlement, along with 1 scheduled monument.
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CarryduffLisburn and Castlereagh
TownGrade
A+
#1 of 5 in Lisburn and Castlereagh
The average domestic rates bill is £1,303 a year. Home to 7,173 people, this town lies in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland.
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Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
7,173
Census 2021 · Lisburn and Castlereagh council
Median home
£261K
394 sales in 2022–24
Median age
40.7
18% are 65+ · Lisburn and Castlereagh 18%
Degree level
46%
of residents 16+ · Northern Ireland 32%
Walk, cycle, bus
11%
of commuters · Northern Ireland 18%
Is Carryduff a good place to live?
Carryduff’s overall grade, A+, puts it better than almost every UK town. Its place in the ranking is #1 of 5 in Lisburn and Castlereagh and #1 of 63 in Northern Ireland. Prices are modest for what you get: the median home sold for £261,400, 4.9 years of area income. Police record less crime here than in most towns: police record 11.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 5.1 home and vehicle crimes. What holds it back is walkability: 11% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry (LPS), 2022 to 2024 at early-2025 prices · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · 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).
How Carryduff grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Northern Ireland), ordered by how far Carryduff is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Cost of livingRates £1,303 a yearA+Open →SafetyNear the top of the towns comparedAOpen →SchoolsGCSE results beat 84% of Northern Ireland townsA−Open →WalkabilityBased on walking, cycling and transit to everyday placesCOpen →HealthLife expectancy 82.6 for men, 86 for womenBOpen →
Jobs & incomeNo small-area data in NI–
Hazard riskNI flood maps aren’t open–
How TownRatings grades towns →
What makes Carryduff stand out
The 3 things Carryduff does most differently from other towns.
95%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.
Rates vs council tax, average bill
Rates
£1,303 a year
The average domestic rates bill in Lisburn and Castlereagh, 2026–27: 30% 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.
Degree level, 16+
Education
Degree-level qualifications, residents 16+ (Northern Ireland’s towns 32%)
Lisburn and Castlereagh 38%.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carryduff.
HousingCost of living grade A+
Most households in Carryduff own their home: 81%, more than in Lisburn and Castlereagh’s towns and across Northern Ireland’s towns
£261Kmedian sale
6% of households live in social housing. Private renters make up 11% of households, close to Lisburn and Castlereagh’s towns (12%) and below Northern Ireland’s towns (19%). It is the 3rd most expensive of 5 towns of 2,500+ in Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Median sale price · 2022 to 2024, at early-2025 prices
Carryduff£261K
Typical UK town£277K
81%
of households own their home · Northern Ireland 59%
11%
rent privately · Northern Ireland 19%
£1,303
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 Carryduff, 2022 to 2024, brought to early-2025 prices and weighted by sales.
SchoolsA−
Results at Carryduff’s schools beat 84% of Northern Ireland towns
A−School Grade
Some 693 pupils attend Carryduff’s two primaries. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 495 | – |
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 2 schools →
Safety
For a town of its size, Carryduff is quiet: less crime per resident than 95% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people
11.5violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearASafety Grade
There were 11.6 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below both Lisburn and Castlereagh’s towns (14) and Northern Ireland’s towns (20.7). A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 147 offences in Carryduff and 89 cases of nuisance behaviour. 46% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 95% 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 & sexual68
Damage & arson25
Drugs16
Other theft13
Other crime8
Shoplifting7
Burglary7
Vehicle crime3
Anti-social89
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.
11.5
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
5.1
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
11.6
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
147
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.
Who lives here
Carryduff is a graduates’ town: 46% hold a degree, more than in Lisburn and Castlereagh’s towns and across Northern Ireland’s towns
40.7median age
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, above Lisburn and Castlereagh’s towns (9.7%) but below Northern Ireland’s towns (12%). The age that splits Carryduff in two is 40.7. Under-15s account for 19% of the population.
CarryduffLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland
Ages · share of residents
18%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications14%
A levels or similar16%
Degree level46%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Northern Ireland, 51% of residents are women.
| Carryduff | Lisburn and Castlereagh | Northern Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 9.7% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 19% | 25% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 15% | 16% |
| Degree level | 46% | 38% | 32% |
NISRA Census 2021 · Lisburn and Castlereagh and Northern Ireland: all residents of their settlements · Women and men: whole data zones, which approximate the town’s boundary · OGL
Work & commute
The car carries 87% of commuters in Carryduff, more than in Lisburn and Castlereagh’s towns and across Northern Ireland’s towns
11%walk, cycle or ride
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
26% of workers worked mainly from home, higher than both Lisburn and Castlereagh’s towns (22%) and Northern Ireland’s towns (18%). Of the commuters living in Carryduff, 7% work in the town itself. There are 0.6 jobs in Carryduff for each resident in work.
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving87%
Bus6%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
26%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
C
Walkability: more walkable than 34% of UK towns
NISRA Census 2021, method of travel to work · OGL
Health
83% of people in Carryduff say their health is good or very good, more than in Lisburn and Castlereagh’s towns and across Northern Ireland’s towns
83%good or very good healthBHealth Grade
A fifth of residents have a disability, below both Lisburn and Castlereagh’s towns (23%) and Northern Ireland’s towns (26%). Of the 5 towns in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Carryduff has the second-smallest share in bad or very bad health: 5%. Women here live to 86 on average and men to 82.6 (2022–24).
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 83%Fair 12%Bad or very bad 5%
| Census 2021 | Carryduff | Lisburn and Castlereagh | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 80% | 77% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 6.9% | 8.7% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 23% | 26% |
82.6
life expectancy at birth, men (2022–24)
86
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 · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
History
Carryduff’s listed buildings: 1, all Grade B
1listed buildings
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
No town in Lisburn and Castlereagh has fewer listed buildings for its size than Carryduff. One scheduled monument lies in the town.
Listed buildings by grade · HED
Grade A0
Grade B+0
Grade B1
1
scheduled monument
0
historic parks, gardens and demesnes
1
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
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Carryduff
11pages on Carryduff
The big questions
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Terrace Hill Garden and 5 more in and around Carryduff
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Carryduff. Best known first.
GardenGarden · National TrustTerrace Hill Garden3.9 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumMuseum of Orange Heritage4.4 km outside town, to the northWater parkWater parkLet's Go Hydro200 m outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionDrumbo Round Tower3.7 km outside town, to the westHistoric siteHistoric siteGiants Ring3.5 km outside town, to the northwestHistoric siteHistoric sitePrehistoric stones3.5 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumMuseum of Orange Heritage4.4 km outside town, to the northWater parkWater parkLet's Go Hydro200 m outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionDrumbo Round Tower3.7 km outside town, to the westHistoric siteHistoric siteGiants Ring3.5 km outside town, to the northwestHistoric siteHistoric sitePrehistoric stones3.5 km outside town, to the northwestPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Museum of Orange Heritage: Mx. Granger, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
About Carryduff
Town in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland
Carryduff is a settlement of 7,173 people, in the Lisburn and Castlereagh 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
- 7,173 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Nation
- Northern Ireland
- Area
- 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km²)
- NISRA code
- N11000159
Carryduff’s neighbours
The nearest settlements, from NISRA’s 2015 boundaries. See them on the map →
BallygowanMetropolitan CastlereaghSaintfieldBelfastMetropolitan LisburnComberLisburnCarryduff
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carryduff | 7,173 | — | A+ | A+ | A | B |
| Ballygowan | 3,138 | 4 | A | A+ | A | C+ |
| Metropolitan Castlereagh | 58,763 | 4.3 | A+ | A+ | A− | C |
| Saintfield | 3,588 | 4.7 | A− | A+ | A | C |
| Belfast | 293,298 | 5.7 | B | A+ | D | D− |
| Metropolitan Lisburn | 32,643 | 6.1 | A− | A+ | C+ | D− |
| Comber | 9,529 | 6.3 | A | A+ | A− | C |
| Lisburn | 51,447 | 6.8 | A− | A+ | B− | C− |
People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Carryduff
Are schools in Carryduff good?
Northern Ireland publishes no primary results. Places are handled by the Education Authority.
How much are the rates in Carryduff?
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 Lisburn and Castlereagh is about £1,303 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.