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Lisburn and Castlereagh: 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.

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council: NI district (ni district), Northern Ireland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code N09000007.

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 Lisburn and Castlereagh: 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: Lisburn and Castlereagh.

People living here
152,367 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
£24,515 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
£679 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
14.1% 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
2.0% 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
£240,737 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
Years in good health: women
65.8 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
65.5 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
7.8 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
96.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
66.6 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
4,825 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Lisburn and Castlereagh 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. 14, Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 13, Ulster Unionist Party 6, Sinn Féin 4, SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) 2, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 40 councillors, by ward
  • Hazel Legge (Ulster Unionist Party) — Castlereagh East
  • John Laverty (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Castlereagh East
  • Martin Gregg (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Castlereagh East
  • Samantha Burns (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Castlereagh East
  • Sharon Lowry (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Castlereagh East
  • Sharon Skillen (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Castlereagh East
  • Brian Higginson (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Castlereagh South
  • Bronagh Magee (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Castlereagh South
  • Daniel Bassett (Sinn Féin) — Castlereagh South
  • Jamie Harpur (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Castlereagh South
  • John Gallen (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Castlereagh South
  • Martin McKeever (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Castlereagh South
  • Ryan Carlin (Sinn Féin) — Castlereagh South
  • Aaron McIntyre (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Downshire East
  • Andrew Gowan (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Downshire East
  • James Baird (Ulster Unionist Party) — Downshire East
  • Kurtis Dickson (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Downshire East
  • Uel Mackin (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Downshire East
  • Alan Martin (Ulster Unionist Party) — Downshire West
  • Allan Ewart (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Downshire West
  • Caleb McCready (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Downshire West
  • Gretta Thompson (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Downshire West
  • Owen Gawith (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Downshire West
  • Claire Kemp (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Killultagh
  • Gary McCleave (Sinn Féin) — Killultagh
  • James Tinsley (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Killultagh
  • Ross McLernon (Ulster Unionist Party) — Killultagh
  • Thomas Beckett (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Killultagh
  • Declan Lynch (Sinn Féin) — Lisburn North
  • Gary Hynds (Independent / Other) — Lisburn North
  • Jonathan Craig (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lisburn North
  • Nicholas Trimble (Ulster Unionist Party) — Lisburn North
  • Nicola Parker (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Lisburn North
  • Pat Catney (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Lisburn North
  • Alan Givan (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lisburn South
  • Amanda Grehan (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Lisburn South
  • Andrew Ewing (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lisburn South
  • Jessica Bamford (Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) — Lisburn South
  • Paul Porter (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Lisburn South
  • Tim Mitchell (Ulster Unionist Party) — Lisburn South

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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