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Antrim and Newtownabbey: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council: NI district (ni district), Northern Ireland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code N09000001.

Council website

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

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Environment

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Education

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Life in Antrim and Newtownabbey: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: Antrim and Newtownabbey.

People living here
148,487 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
41 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£22,664 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£611 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
17.5% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.3% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£206,120 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
Years in good health: women
62.6 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
62.6 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
7.5 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
97.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
65.5 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
3,690 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Antrim and Newtownabbey from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

40 seats in 2026. Run by: NULL, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. 13, Sinn Féin 9, Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 8, Ulster Unionist Party 6, Independent / Other 3, SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 40 councillors, by ward
  • Andrew McAuley (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Airport
  • Anne-Marie Logue (Sinn Féin) — Airport
  • Maighréad Ní Chonghaile (Sinn Féin) — Airport
  • Matthew Magill (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Airport
  • Paul Michael (Independent / Other) — Airport
  • John Smyth (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Antrim
  • Leah Smyth (Ulster Unionist Party) — Antrim
  • Lucille O'Hagan (Sinn Féin) — Antrim
  • Neil Kelly (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Antrim
  • Paul Dunlop (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Antrim
  • Roisin Lynch (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Antrim
  • Helen Magill (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Ballyclare
  • Jeannie Archibald-Brown (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Ballyclare
  • Lewis Boyle (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Ballyclare
  • Michael Stewart (Independent / Other) — Ballyclare
  • Vera McWilliam (Ulster Unionist Party) — Ballyclare
  • Annie O'Lone (Sinn Féin) — Dunsilly
  • Henry Cushinan (Sinn Féin) — Dunsilly
  • Jay Burbank (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Dunsilly
  • Linda Clarke (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Dunsilly
  • Stewart Wilson (Ulster Unionist Party) — Dunsilly
  • Alison Bennington (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Glengormley Urban
  • Eamonn McLaughlin (Sinn Féin) — Glengormley Urban
  • Julian McGrath (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Glengormley Urban
  • Mark Cosgrove (Ulster Unionist Party) — Glengormley Urban
  • Michael Goodman (Sinn Féin) — Glengormley Urban
  • Paula Bradley (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Glengormley Urban
  • Rosie Kinnear (Sinn Féin) — Glengormley Urban
  • Ben Mallon (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Macedon
  • Billy Webb (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Macedon
  • Matthew Brady (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Macedon
  • Robert Foster (Ulster Unionist Party) — Macedon
  • Stafford Ward (Independent / Other) — Macedon
  • Taylor McGrann (Sinn Féin) — Macedon
  • Julie Gilmour (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Three Mile Water
  • Mark Cooper (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Three Mile Water
  • Sam Flanagan (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Three Mile Water
  • Stephen Cosgrove (Ulster Unionist Party) — Three Mile Water
  • Stephen Ross (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Three Mile Water
  • Tom Campbell (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Three Mile Water

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

Write to your councillors → WriteToThem (mySociety) finds them from your postcode; nothing is sent through this site.

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.