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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon: 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.

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council: NI district (ni district), Northern Ireland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code N09000002.

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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 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon: 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: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon.

People living here
223,044 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
39 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
£22,033 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
£577 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
22.1% 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
2.9% 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
£186,993 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
Years in good health: women
61.4 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
61.2 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
9.8 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
92.9% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
46.3 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
7,335 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 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

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

Councillors by party: Sinn Féin 15, Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. 13, Ulster Unionist Party 6, Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4, SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) 1, Traditional Unionist Voice - TUV 1, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 41 councillors, by ward
  • Ashley Mallon (Sinn Féin) — Armagh
  • Fergal Donnelly (Sinn Féin) — Armagh
  • John Óg O'Kane (Sinn Féin) — Armagh
  • Sarah Duffy (Sinn Féin) — Armagh
  • Scott Armstrong (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Armagh
  • Thomas O'Hanlon (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Armagh
  • Chris McCartan (Sinn Féin) — Banbridge
  • Glenn Barr (Ulster Unionist Party) — Banbridge
  • Ian Burns (Ulster Unionist Party) — Banbridge
  • Ian Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Banbridge
  • Joy Ferguson (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Banbridge
  • Kevin Savage (Sinn Féin) — Banbridge
  • Paul Greenfield (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Banbridge
  • Catherine Nelson (Sinn Féin) — Craigavon
  • Jude Mallon (Sinn Féin) — Craigavon
  • Kate Evans (Ulster Unionist Party) — Craigavon
  • Margaret Tinsley (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Craigavon
  • Robbie Alexander (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Craigavon
  • Bróna Haughey (Sinn Féin) — Cusher
  • Gareth Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Cusher
  • Gordon Kennedy (Ulster Unionist Party) — Cusher
  • Keith Ratcliffe (Traditional Unionist Voice - TUV) — Cusher
  • Paul Berry (Independent / Other) — Cusher
  • Jessica Johnston (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Lagan River
  • Kyle Savage (Ulster Unionist Party) — Lagan River
  • Mark Baxter (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lagan River
  • Paul Rankin (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lagan River
  • Tim McClelland (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lagan River
  • Keith Haughian (Sinn Féin) — Lurgan
  • Liam Mackle (Sinn Féin) — Lurgan
  • Mary O’Dowd (Sinn Féin) — Lurgan
  • Peter Haire (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lurgan
  • Peter Lavery (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Lurgan
  • Sorcha McGeown (Sinn Féin) — Lurgan
  • Stephen Moutray (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lurgan
  • Alan Mulholland (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Portadown
  • Clare McConville-Walker (Sinn Féin) — Portadown
  • Julie Flaherty (Ulster Unionist Party) — Portadown
  • Kyle Moutray (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Portadown
  • Lavelle McIlwrath (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Portadown
  • Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin) — Portadown

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.

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