Antrim and Newtownabbey: house prices, jobs and local statistics

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

The Business Register and Employment Survey covers Great Britain, so there are no employee-jobs figures for this area.

• Residents

  128,760 in 2001 → 148,100 in 2024 (+15.0%)

  Northern Ireland over the same years: +14.2%

• Average house price

  £120,436 in 2005 → £206,120 in 2026 (+71.1%)

  Northern Ireland over the same years: +67.6%

• Median weekly pay

  £434 in 2016 → £611 in 2025 (+40.8%)

  Northern Ireland over the same years: +51.4%

• Claimant count

  3.9% in 2013 → 2.3% in 2025 (−41.0%)

  Northern Ireland over the same years: −42.6%

• Disposable income per head

  £9,200 in 1997 → £22,664 in 2024 (+146.3%)

  Northern Ireland over the same years: +158.4%

• Healthy life expectancy, women

  58.3 years in 2014 → 62.6 years in 2022 (+7.4%)

  Northern Ireland over the same years: −1.8%

29 official indicators are published for Antrim and Newtownabbey; 22 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access97.1% (January 2026) · 16th highest of 361
• Smokers · Health & wellbeing8.7% (2020 to 2024) · 59th lowest of 373
• Employment rate · Economy & work78.5% (2023) · 3rd highest of 11
• Economic inactivity · Economy & work19.8% (2023) · 3rd lowest of 11

Where it ranks worst

• Business births · Economy & work8.1% (2024) · 336th highest of 361
• Public EV chargers · Connectivity & access65.5 per 100,000 (mid-2026) · 334th highest of 361
• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment7.5 t per person (2024) · 302nd lowest of 361
• Anxiety · Health & wellbeing3.5 out of 10 (2022/23) · 283rd lowest of 363