Derry City and Strabane: local statistics
Derry City and Strabane is a local government district in Northern Ireland, home to an estimated 152,659 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 Derry City and Strabane, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
4.1% of Derry City and Strabane residents aged 16 to 64 (3,870 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 2.9% in Northern Ireland. That compares with 4.8% a year before. The five-year high was 6.1% (August 2021); the low was 4.0% (July 2026).
Derry City and Strabane had an estimated 152,659 residents in mid-2025, up 0.2% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 2.1% (Northern Ireland: +4.0%). That is the 2nd slowest growth in Northern Ireland. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
A girl born in Derry City and Strabane in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 81.2 years and a boy 77.6 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 82.6 and 78.8 years across Northern Ireland. For women that is 0.2 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.4 more. It is the 2nd lowest for women in Northern Ireland.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Derry City and Strabane at £189,474 for July 2026, a rise of 12.4% in twelve months. That is the 8th highest of 11 in Northern Ireland; the average for Northern Ireland was £202,487. Prices are 87% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series.
The median full-time employee living in Derry City and Strabane was paid £685.00 a week before tax in April 2025. That is 4.3% below the figure for Northern Ireland and mid-table in Northern Ireland, 7th of 11. Jobs based in Derry City and Strabane paid a median £700.00 a week, £15.00 more than the figure for people who live there.
In March 2026, 6,935 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Derry City and Strabane, 15% more than in 2016. That is 45 for every 1,000 residents, close to the middle of all 11 council areas in Northern Ireland (6th highest).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 149,589 |
| 2016 | 150,259 |
| 2017 | 150,589 |
| 2018 | 150,712 |
| 2019 | 151,236 |
| 2020 | 150,831 |
| 2021 | 150,834 |
| 2022 | 150,836 |
| 2023 | 150,859 |
| 2024 | 152,383 |
| 2025 | 152,659 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £101,240 |
| July 2017 | £108,284 |
| July 2018 | £114,787 |
| July 2019 | £114,965 |
| July 2020 | £120,828 |
| July 2021 | £136,976 |
| July 2022 | £148,628 |
| July 2023 | £156,296 |
| July 2024 | £161,870 |
| July 2025 | £180,384 |
| July 2026 | £189,474 |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.3 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,005 |
| 2017 | 6,090 |
| 2018 | 6,285 |
| 2019 | 6,475 |
| 2020 | 6,550 |
| 2021 | 6,620 |
| 2022 | 6,640 |
| 2023 | 6,750 |
| 2024 | 6,780 |
| 2025 | 6,925 |
| 2026 | 6,935 |
Questions about Derry City and Strabane
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Derry City and Strabane?
The ONS claimant count was 3,870 in August 2026, 4.1% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the population of Derry City and Strabane?
The ONS estimates 152,659 people lived in Derry City and Strabane in mid-2025.
What is life expectancy in Derry City and Strabane?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.6 years for men and 81.2 for women.
What is the average house price in Derry City and Strabane?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £189,474.
What is the average salary in Derry City and Strabane?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Derry City and Strabane was £685.00 a week in April 2025, from the NISRA Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Who has power over Derry City and Strabane
Every body that makes decisions for Derry City and Strabane, 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
- Derry City and Strabane council this page
- Derry City and Strabane 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
- East Londonderry: Mr Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) MP
- Foyle: Colum Eastwood (Social Democratic & Labour Party) MP
- West Tyrone: Órfhlaith Begley (Sinn Féin) 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 unemployment rate · UK population · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in Northern Ireland: Antrim and Newtownabbey · Ards and North Down · Causeway Coast and Glens · Lisburn and Castlereagh · Mid Ulster · Mid and East Antrim
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Figures checked 14 October 2026. Link moved or figure out of date? Tell us.