Northern Ireland
Lisburn and Castlereagh: house prices, jobs and local statistics
Lisburn and Castlereagh is a local government district in Northern Ireland. The average house price was £240,737 in July 2026, up 9.7% on a year earlier and up 37.7% on five years before. On the ONS figure for July 2026 it had the 211th highest average price of 360 council areas. 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming unemployment-related benefits in August 2026, against 3.9% across the UK. Median full-time pay for people living here was £38,253 a year in 2025 (Northern Ireland: £37,052).
- Census figures here cover England and Wales only: Northern Ireland's 2021 census is published by NISRA. Employee jobs by industry (BRES) cover Great Britain only.
- The health and education indicators shown for English councils are published for England only.
Lisburn and Castlereagh house prices
Average price, July 2026
£240,737
Northern Ireland: £202,487
Change over 1 year
+9.7%
Northern Ireland: +9.2%
Change over 5 years
+37.7%
Since July 2021
UK House Price Index, July 2026 (Northern Ireland districts are published quarterly): HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land and Property Services NI and the ONS. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. About the index.
Ten years of prices and sales in the house price explorerJobs, pay and unemployment in Lisburn and Castlereagh
Claimant rate, August 2026
2.0%
1,840 people aged 16 to 64. UK: 3.9%
Employment rate, 2025
78.8%
Northern Ireland: 74.3% · Labour Force Survey
Unemployment rate, 2025
1.8%
Northern Ireland: 2.1%
Economically inactive
19.7%
Northern Ireland: 24.1%
Median full-time pay, 2025
£38,253 a year
Northern Ireland: £37,052
Median weekly pay, 2025
£737
Northern Ireland: £713
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.
Claimant count: Office for National Statistics via Nomis. Survey rates (Labour Force Survey) and pay (ASHE): Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Two years of claimant counts and ten of pay in the jobs explorerWhat Lisburn and Castlereagh does for a living
Businesses, 2026
5,290
The Business Register and Employment Survey covers Great Britain, so there are no employee-jobs figures for this area.
UK Business Counts 2026. Both via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Every sector and business size in the industries explorerHow Lisburn and Castlereagh has changed
Residents
124,585 in 2001 → 151,669 in 2024 (+21.7%)
Northern Ireland over the same years: +14.2%
Average house price
£142,775 in 2005 → £240,737 in 2026 (+68.6%)
Northern Ireland over the same years: +67.6%
Median weekly pay
£436 in 2016 → £679 in 2025 (+55.8%)
Northern Ireland over the same years: +51.4%
Claimant count
3.3% in 2013 → 2.0% in 2025 (−39.4%)
Northern Ireland over the same years: −42.6%
Disposable income per head
£9,263 in 1997 → £24,515 in 2024 (+164.7%)
Northern Ireland over the same years: +158.4%
Healthy life expectancy, women
63.9 years in 2014 → 65.8 years in 2022 (+3.0%)
Northern Ireland over the same years: −1.8%
ONS Explore local statistics, each series from its official producer; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Money figures are in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.
Every series, charted, in the trends explorerHow Lisburn and Castlereagh ranks among UK councils
29 official indicators are published for Lisburn and Castlereagh; 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
- Preventable heart deaths · Health & wellbeing22.9 per 100,000 (2022 to 2024) · 1st lowest of 11
- Healthy life expectancy, men · Health & wellbeing65.5 years (2022 to 2024) · 14th highest of 195
- Anxiety · Health & wellbeing2.7 out of 10 (2022/23) · 31st lowest of 363
- Children in relative poverty · Economy & work14.1% (2024/25) · 33rd lowest of 363
Where it ranks worst
- Public EV chargers · Connectivity & access66.6 per 100,000 (mid-2026) · 331st highest of 361
- Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment7.8 t per person (2024) · 309th lowest of 361
- High-growth businesses · Economy & work3.3% (2024) · 304th highest of 361
- Business births · Economy & work8.9% (2024) · 293rd highest of 361
ONS Explore local statistics, latest figure for each indicator, ranked among council areas with a published figure; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, each indicator’s producer named on its linked ONS page.
All 29 indicators in the area scorecardNearby council areas
About these figures
Lisburn and Castlereagh (N09000007) is a local government district in Northern Ireland, one of 361 council areas this site covers. Every figure on this page is read from the official source named beneath it and carries its own date; the page is rebuilt at most once a day. Survey figures carry sampling error, so small differences between neighbouring councils are often noise. For a single street or neighbourhood rather than the whole council area, search a postcode on the dashboard.
Sources
- HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (landregistry.data.gov.uk). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, OGL v3.0.
- Office for National Statistics via Nomis (nomisweb.co.uk): claimant count, Annual Population Survey, ASHE, BRES, UK Business Counts and Census 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics, OGL v3.0.
- ONS Explore local statistics (ons.gov.uk/explore-local-statistics), OGL v3.0.
- Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0).
- Council area names and codes: mySociety, UK local authority names and codes (CC BY 4.0), from the ONS Register of Geographic Codes.