Environment in Ards and North Down
DistrictEast Northern Ireland. 165,407 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 566 square kilometres.
4 layers about environment for Ards and North Down, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
Ards and North Down’s 40 wards range from 0% to 100%.
Radon potential
1 km gridPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Ards and North Down. The map shows each one.
People in radon Affected Area squares
CouncilAbout 60% of people in Ards and North Down live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Across the UK the figure is 44%.
Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas.
- Against Northern Ireland
- 25% higher48%
- Against the UK
- 36% higher44%
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
1 km gridPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Ards and North Down. The map shows each one.
Fine particles (PM2.5)
1 km gridPublished as points, so there is no single figure for Ards and North Down. The map shows each one.