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Cookstown J1

Neighbourhood

Central Mid Ulster. 827 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 17 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Cookstown J1, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Population
802
Joint 8,600th least populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Aged 15 to 64
63.0%
Joint 22,369th lowest of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Aged 65 and over
11.0%
Joint 8,473rd lowest of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017 is published for the Super Output Areas (2001), whose boundaries differ from this neighbourhood’s, so it has no figure for Cookstown J1. See deprivation across Mid Ulster

How Cookstown J1 compares

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

Cookstown J1Middle
Population264 neighbourhoods, Mid Ulster · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Mid Ulster264 areas from 215 to 1,067. The middle area is 559. Cookstown J1 is 802.
80215th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage264 neighbourhoods, Mid Ulster · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Mid Ulster264 areas from 66.4% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.0%. Cookstown J1 is 96.1%.
96.1%joint 113th lowest
Aged 15 to 64264 neighbourhoods, Mid Ulster · 2021
Aged 15 to 64: every neighbourhood in Mid Ulster264 areas from 54.7% to 78.0%. The middle area is 63.4%. Cookstown J1 is 63.0%.
63.0%joint 128th lowest
Aged 65 and over264 neighbourhoods, Mid Ulster · 2021
Aged 65 and over: every neighbourhood in Mid Ulster264 areas from 2.6% to 29.6%. The middle area is 15.2%. Cookstown J1 is 11.0%.
11.0%joint 40th lowest

Is Cookstown J1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cookstown J1 at a rate of 16.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 14.7 per 1,000 people across Cookstown J.

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

In August 2026 alone, 1 case of crime and anti-social behaviour was recorded in Cookstown J1.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (7), criminal damage and arson (3) and other crime (2).

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 Mid Ulster

These figures are published for the whole of Mid Ulster, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Mid Ulster and not Cookstown J1 alone. See Mid Ulster

Average house price
£195,453
Up 10.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Population estimate
152,292
Down 0.3% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Female life expectancy
83.4years
UK 83.0 years
ONS life expectancy · 2022 to 2024
People in radon Affected Area squares
68%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Cookstown J1 in brief

Cookstown J1 had 802 usual residents at the census.

In Cookstown J1, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

63.0% of residents in Cookstown J1 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.

11.0% of residents in Cookstown J1 were aged 65 or over at the census.