Lisburn and Castlereagh: local statistics
Lisburn and Castlereagh is a local government district in Northern Ireland, home to an estimated 152,367 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 Lisburn and Castlereagh, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Lisburn and Castlereagh at £240,737 for July 2026, up 9.7% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it the highest of the 11 council areas in Northern Ireland (average for Northern Ireland: £202,487). Prices are 68% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series.
In mid-2025 the population of Lisburn and Castlereagh was estimated at 152,367, up 0.5% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 8.1% (Northern Ireland: +4.0%), the fastest growth in Northern Ireland. No earlier year in the series was higher.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Lisburn and Castlereagh took home £777.60 a week before tax. It is the highest of the 11 council areas in Northern Ireland, and 8.7% more than across Northern Ireland. Jobs based in Lisburn and Castlereagh paid a median £736.50 a week, £41.10 less than the figure for people who live there.
In August 2026, 1,840 people in Lisburn and Castlereagh were on the claimant count, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 2.9% in Northern Ireland. The rate was the same a year earlier. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.8% (May 2026) and 2.8% (August 2021).
Life expectancy at birth in Lisburn and Castlereagh is 83.8 years for women and 80.5 years for men (2022 to 2024) (Northern Ireland: 82.6 and 78.8). For women that is 0.5 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.8 more. It is the 2nd highest for women of the 11 council areas in Northern Ireland.
6,320 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Lisburn and Castlereagh in March 2026, 17% more than in 2016. That is 41 for every 1,000 residents, the 3rd lowest of the 11 council areas in Northern Ireland.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 140,938 |
| 2016 | 142,088 |
| 2017 | 143,737 |
| 2018 | 145,644 |
| 2019 | 147,467 |
| 2020 | 148,102 |
| 2021 | 149,272 |
| 2022 | 149,915 |
| 2023 | 150,822 |
| 2024 | 151,669 |
| 2025 | 152,367 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £143,647 |
| July 2017 | £146,548 |
| July 2018 | £152,536 |
| July 2019 | £157,852 |
| July 2020 | £163,552 |
| July 2021 | £174,858 |
| July 2022 | £196,605 |
| July 2023 | £199,079 |
| July 2024 | £212,871 |
| July 2025 | £225,847 |
| July 2026 | £240,737 |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.3 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.3 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,380 |
| 2017 | 5,465 |
| 2018 | 5,605 |
| 2019 | 5,725 |
| 2020 | 5,955 |
| 2021 | 6,030 |
| 2022 | 6,075 |
| 2023 | 6,125 |
| 2024 | 6,050 |
| 2025 | 6,185 |
| 2026 | 6,320 |
Questions about Lisburn and Castlereagh
What is the average house price in Lisburn and Castlereagh?
£240,737 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+9.7% on a year).
What is the population of Lisburn and Castlereagh?
152,367 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in Lisburn and Castlereagh?
£777.60 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, NISRA).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Lisburn and Castlereagh?
1,840 in August 2026 (2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Lisburn and Castlereagh?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.5 years for men and 83.8 for women.
Who has power over Lisburn and Castlereagh
Every body that makes decisions for Lisburn and Castlereagh, 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
- Lisburn and Castlereagh council this page
- Lisburn and Castlereagh 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
- Belfast East: Gavin Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) MP
- Belfast South and Mid Down: Claire Hanna (Social Democratic & Labour Party) MP
- Belfast West: Paul Maskey (Sinn Féin) MP
- Lagan Valley: Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance) MP
- South Antrim: Robin Swann (Ulster 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 average house price · UK population · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in Northern Ireland: Antrim and Newtownabbey · Ards and North Down · Causeway Coast and Glens · Derry City and Strabane · Mid Ulster · Mid and East Antrim
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Figures checked 14 October 2026. Link moved or figure out of date? Tell us.