# Environment in Antrim and Newtownabbey Central Northern Ireland. 148,487 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 728 square kilometres. 4 layers about environment for Antrim and Newtownabbey, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/northern-ireland) ## Radon potential 1 km grid level. Source: BGS and UKHSA. Published as points, so there is no single figure for Antrim and Newtownabbey. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?place=N09000001) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) · https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/environment#l-radon-potential ## People in radon Affected Area squares Antrim and Newtownabbey: **14%** (2022, council level). Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. About 14% of people in Antrim and Newtownabbey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. Across the UK the figure is 44%. - Against Northern Ireland: 71% lower (48%) - Against the UK: 68% lower (44%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=N09000001) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon-affected-areas) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/radon-affected-areas/northern-ireland) · https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/environment#l-radon-affected-share ## Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) 1 km grid level. Source: Defra. Published as points, so there is no single figure for Antrim and Newtownabbey. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?place=N09000001) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide) · https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/environment#l-air-no2 ## Fine particles (PM2.5) 1 km grid level. Source: Defra. Published as points, so there is no single figure for Antrim and Newtownabbey. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/fine-particles?place=N09000001) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/fine-particles) · https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/environment#l-air-pm25 ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/housing) (3) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/people) (16) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/deprivation) (2) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/health) (2) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/connectivity) (4) - [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/economy) (2) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/elections) (5) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/services) (1) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/sources) (12) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/N09000001/data?family=environment ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/environment, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/environment#l-radon-potential. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey/environment