# Share of disabled people: highest and lowest councils in Northern Ireland (2021)

Derry City and Strabane had the highest share of residents limited by a long-term health problem or disability of Northern Ireland’s 11 councils in 2021, at 27.1%.

Mid Ulster had the lowest, at 21.2%. The middle council, Antrim and Newtownabbey, had 23.9%.

| Rank | Area | Disability |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Derry City and Strabane](https://openindex.co.uk/derry-city-and-strabane) | 27.1% |
| 2 | [Belfast](https://openindex.co.uk/belfast) | 26.7% |
| 3 | [Causeway Coast and Glens](https://openindex.co.uk/causeway-coast-and-glens) | 25.6% |
| 4 | [Ards and North Down](https://openindex.co.uk/ards-and-north-down) | 25.3% |
| 5 | [Mid and East Antrim](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-and-east-antrim) | 25.1% |
| =6 | [Antrim and Newtownabbey](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey) | 23.9% |
| =6 | [Fermanagh and Omagh](https://openindex.co.uk/fermanagh-and-omagh) | 23.9% |
| 8 | [Newry, Mourne and Down](https://openindex.co.uk/newry-mourne-and-down) | 22.9% |
| 9 | [Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon](https://openindex.co.uk/armagh-city-banbridge-and-craigavon) | 22.3% |
| 10 | [Lisburn and Castlereagh](https://openindex.co.uk/lisburn-and-castlereagh) | 21.7% |
| 11 | [Mid Ulster](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster) | 21.2% |

Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, ONS Census 2021. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/england)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/disability/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/disability)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/disability)

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