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Find your town in Newry, Mourne and Down

Newry, Mourne and Down has 10 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.

10graded towns
3grade A− or better
82,030people
Newrylargest · 28,530
How Newry, Mourne and Down compares: its report card →
Newry, Mourne and Down at a glance

What Newry, Mourne and Down is like

The typical Newry, Mourne and Down 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 Newry, Mourne and Down town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
How Newry, Mourne and Down’s towns grade overall10 graded towns
A3B6C1

3 of 10 (30%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full Newry, Mourne and Down list, with what drives each gradeCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subject
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10 towns · ordered by Newry, Mourne and Down rank

A+

Warrenpoint and Burren

Town · 9,091 people · #83 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingASchoolsLowestCHealth
A−

Bessbrook

Town · 2,892 people · #401 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingASchoolsLowestC−Health
A−

Saintfield

Town · 3,588 people · #490 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingASafetyLowestC−Schools
B+

Newry

Large town · 28,530 people · #678 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingASchoolsLowestDHealth
B+

Killyleagh

Town · 2,787 people · #692 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingBSafetyLowestDWalkability
B+

Rostrevor

Town · 2,502 people · #732 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingA−SafetyLowestDSchools
B

Kilkeel

Town · 6,633 people · #825 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingB+WalkabilityLowestDSchools
B

Downpatrick

Town · 11,545 people · #924 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingBSchoolsLowestDSafety
B−

Ballynahinch

Town · 6,164 people · #1,135 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingC+WalkabilityLowestC−Schools
C+

Newcastle

Town · 8,298 people · #1,302 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+Cost of livingB+WalkabilityLowestDSchools

Photos: 0: Ardfern · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 1: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 5: Albert Bridge · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 7: Suzanne Mischyshyn · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 8: Nigel Thompson · 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.

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.