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Helen's Bay

Ward

North Ards and North Down. About 4,296 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 83% of people in Helen's Bay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,668
Joint 2,449th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
83%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Aged 15 to 64
52.6%
Joint 193rd lowest of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Helen's Bay compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Helen's BayMiddle
Population40 wards, Ards and North Down · 2021
Population: every ward in Ards and North Down40 areas from 2,728 to 6,886. The middle area is 4,135. Helen's Bay is 4,668.
4,6688th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares40 wards, Ards and North Down · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Ards and North Down40 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 75.5%. Helen's Bay is 83.0%.
83%19th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage40 wards, Ards and North Down · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Ards and North Down40 areas from 87.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 96.5%. Helen's Bay is 98.4%.
98.4%joint 11th highest
Aged 15 to 6440 wards, Ards and North Down · 2021
Aged 15 to 64: every ward in Ards and North Down40 areas from 50.1% to 68.6%. The middle area is 61.0%. Helen's Bay is 52.6%.
52.6%4th lowest

Is Helen's Bay safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Helen's Bay at a rate of 27.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 52.1 per 1,000 people across Ards and North Down.

Across Northern Ireland as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 70.2 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Helen's Bay.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (47), anti-social behaviour (46) and other crime (13).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Ards and North Down

These figures are published for the whole of Ards and North Down, not for each ward, so they describe all of Ards and North Down and not Helen's Bay alone. See Ards and North Down

Average house price
£227,275
Up 7.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Population estimate
165,407
No change in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Female life expectancy
83.5years
UK 83.0 years
ONS life expectancy · 2022 to 2024
Full-fibre broadband coverage
95.7%
UK 81.0%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Helen's Bay in brief

Helen's Bay had 4,668 usual residents at the census.

About 83% of people in Helen's Bay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Helen's Bay, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

52.6% of residents in Helen's Bay were aged 15 to 64 at the census.