Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon: local statistics
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon is a local government district in Northern Ireland, home to an estimated 223,044 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 7 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
223,044 people lived in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.2% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 7.1% (Northern Ireland: +4.0%), the 2nd fastest growth in Northern Ireland. No earlier year in the series was higher.
A typical home in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon cost £186,993 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 9.2% on July 2025. It ranks as the 3rd lowest of all 11 council areas in Northern Ireland; the average for Northern Ireland was £202,487. Prices are 72% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon was £671.00 in April 2025. That is 6.2% below the figure for Northern Ireland and the 3rd lowest in Northern Ireland. The workplace figure, £675.30, is within £5 of it.
10,980 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon in March 2026, 15% more than in 2016. There are 49 per 1,000 residents, mid-table in Northern Ireland, 5th of 11.
2.6% of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon residents aged 16 to 64 (3,545 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for Northern Ireland was 2.9%. Twelve months before, it was 2.9%. The five-year high was 3.5% (August 2021); the low was 2.4% (June 2022).
A girl born in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 83.2 years and a boy 79.0 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 82.6 and 78.8 years across Northern Ireland. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.8 years for women and +0.1 for men. It is mid-table in Northern Ireland, 5th of 11.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 208,339 |
| 2016 | 210,924 |
| 2017 | 212,635 |
| 2018 | 214,887 |
| 2019 | 217,069 |
| 2020 | 218,162 |
| 2021 | 219,127 |
| 2022 | 220,271 |
| 2023 | 221,754 |
| 2024 | 222,511 |
| 2025 | 223,044 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £108,709 |
| July 2017 | £112,544 |
| July 2018 | £115,068 |
| July 2019 | £122,487 |
| July 2020 | £124,919 |
| July 2021 | £139,494 |
| July 2022 | £154,903 |
| July 2023 | £159,979 |
| July 2024 | £168,587 |
| July 2025 | £175,475 |
| July 2026 | £186,993 |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.7 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.2 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 9,545 |
| 2017 | 9,700 |
| 2018 | 9,995 |
| 2019 | 10,240 |
| 2020 | 10,210 |
| 2021 | 10,390 |
| 2022 | 10,700 |
| 2023 | 10,825 |
| 2024 | 10,765 |
| 2025 | 10,760 |
| 2026 | 10,980 |
Questions about Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
What is the population of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon?
The ONS estimates 223,044 people lived in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon in mid-2025.
What is the average house price in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £186,993.
What is the average salary in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon?
£671.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, NISRA).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon?
3,545 in August 2026 (2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon?
83.2 years for women and 79.0 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
Who has power over Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Every body that makes decisions for Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon council this page
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive makes law for Northern Ireland on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Fermanagh and South Tyrone: Pat Cullen (Sinn Féin) MP
- Lagan Valley: Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance) MP
- Mid Ulster: Mr Cathal Mallaghan (Sinn Féin) MP
- Newry and Armagh: Dáire Hughes (Sinn Féin) MP
- South Down: Chris Hazzard (Sinn Féin) MP
- Upper Bann: Carla Lockhart (Democratic Unionist Party) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Average house price: Northern Ireland figures come from Land & Property Services.
- Median full-time pay (residents): Read from “Home LGD14 Table 8 (NI).1 Weekly pay - Gross 2025.ods” in the NISRA tables.
- Median full-time pay (jobs here): Read from “Work LGD14 Table 7 (NI).1 Weekly pay - Gross 2025.ods” in the NISRA tables.
More on this area and these figures
- Figures for Northern Ireland
- UK figures: UK population · UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in Northern Ireland: Antrim and Newtownabbey · Ards and North Down · Derry City and Strabane · Lisburn and Castlereagh · Mid Ulster · Newry, Mourne and Down
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