# Environment in Mid Ulster

West Northern Ireland. 152,292 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 1,957 square kilometres.

4 layers about environment for Mid Ulster, 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 Mid Ulster. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?place=N09000009) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) · https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/environment#l-radon-potential

## People in radon Affected Area squares

Mid Ulster: **68%** (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 68% of people in Mid Ulster 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: 42% higher (48%)
- Against the UK: 1.5 times (44%)

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=N09000009) · [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/mid-ulster/environment#l-radon-affected-share

## Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

1 km grid level. Source: Defra.

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Mid Ulster. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?place=N09000009) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide) · https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/environment#l-air-no2

## Fine particles (PM2.5)

1 km grid level. Source: Defra.

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Mid Ulster. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/fine-particles?place=N09000009) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/fine-particles) · https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/environment#l-air-pm25

## More on this place

- [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster)
- [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/housing) (3)
- [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/crime) (13)
- [People](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/people) (16)
- [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/deprivation) (2)
- [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/health) (2)
- [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/connectivity) (4)
- [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/economy) (2)
- [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/elections) (5)
- [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/services) (1)
- [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/sources) (12)

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/N09000009/data?family=environment

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/environment, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster/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/mid-ulster/environment