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Find your town in Mid Ulster

Mid Ulster 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
4grade A− or better
47,527people
Dungannonlargest · 16,282
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Mid Ulster at a glance

What Mid Ulster is like

The typical Mid Ulster town grades highest on cost of living and schools 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 Mid Ulster town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
How Mid Ulster’s towns grade overall5 graded towns
A4B1

4 of 5 (80%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

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

A+

Maghera

Town · 4,235 people · #44 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingA+SchoolsLowestC+Health
A

Dungannon

Town · 16,282 people · #272 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingAWalkabilityLowestC−Health
A−

Magherafelt

Town · 8,996 people · #399 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingASchoolsLowestC−Health
A−

Cookstown

Town · 12,546 people · #441 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingB+WalkabilityLowestC−Health
B

Coalisland

Town · 5,468 people · #784 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingB+SchoolsLowestC−Health

Photos: 0: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 1: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 3: Linda Bailey · 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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