Local authority · N09000011
Ards and North Down
In useArds and North Down is a local authority in Northern Ireland, published in boundary releases since December 2018.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- N09000011
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 564 km²
- Population
- 165,415Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2018 to now
Where it sits
Grouping of councilsBelfast Metropolitan Area
CountryNorthern Ireland
What it contains
40 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Ballycrochan
- Ballygowan
- Ballygrainey
- Ballyholme
- Ballymagee
- Ballywalter
- Bloomfield
- Broadway
- Bryansburn
- Carrowdore
- Castle
- Clandeboye
- Comber North
- Comber South
- Comber West
- Conway Square
- Cronstown
- Cultra
- Donaghadee
- Glen
- Gregstown
- Groomsport
- Harbour
- Helen's Bay
- Holywood
- Kilcooley
- Killinchy
- Kircubbin
- Loughries
- Loughview
- Movilla
- Portaferry
- Portavogie
- Rathgael
- Rathmore
- Scrabo
- Silverbirch
- Silverstream
- Warren
- West Winds
Neighbours
3 local authorities share a border with Ards and North Down, longest border first.
- Newry, Mourne and Down 39.8 km
- Lisburn and Castlereagh 22.8 km
- Belfast 6.0 km
Data published for it
14 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Ards and North Down itself.
- Air Quality2024
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- Jobs2020 to 2022 (3 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Mobile Coverage2025
- Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure2017
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/N09000011 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/N09000011/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/N09000011/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/N09000011/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/N09000011/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/N09000011/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/N09000011?include=capabilities