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Connswater

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East Belfast. About 6,492 people in 0.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Connswater live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,367
Joint 3,880th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Aged 15 to 64
69.6%
Joint 751st highest of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Connswater compares

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

ConnswaterMiddle
Population60 wards, Belfast · 2021
Population: every ward in Belfast60 areas from 3,613 to 16,968. The middle area is 5,331. Connswater is 6,367.
6,36712th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares60 wards, Belfast · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Belfast60 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Connswater is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage60 wards, Belfast · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Belfast60 areas from 86.7% to 99.9%. The middle area is 97.6%. Connswater is 94.7%.
94.7%12th lowest
Aged 15 to 6460 wards, Belfast · 2021
Aged 15 to 64: every ward in Belfast60 areas from 59.0% to 86.4%. The middle area is 65.0%. Connswater is 69.6%.
69.6%10th highest

Is Connswater safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Connswater at a rate of 102.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 128.5 per 1,000 people across Belfast.

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

In August 2026 alone, 59 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Connswater.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (257), anti-social behaviour (221) and criminal damage and arson (66).

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 Belfast

These figures are published for the whole of Belfast, not for each ward, so they describe all of Belfast and not Connswater alone. See Belfast

Average house price
£184,768
Up 7.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Population estimate
351,927
Down 0.1% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Female life expectancy
80.5years
UK 83.0 years
ONS life expectancy · 2022 to 2024
Full-fibre broadband coverage
92.3%
UK 81.0%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Connswater in brief

Connswater had 6,367 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Connswater live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Connswater, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

69.6% of residents in Connswater were aged 15 to 64 at the census.