# Share in good health: highest and lowest councils in Northern Ireland (2021)

Mid Ulster had the highest share of residents in good or very good health of Northern Ireland’s 11 councils in 2021, at 81.7%.

Belfast had the lowest, at 75.8%. The middle council, Antrim and Newtownabbey, had 79.2%.

| Rank | Area | Good or very good health |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Mid Ulster](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-ulster) | 81.7% |
| 2 | [Lisburn and Castlereagh](https://openindex.co.uk/lisburn-and-castlereagh) | 81.3% |
| =3 | [Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon](https://openindex.co.uk/armagh-city-banbridge-and-craigavon) | 80.3% |
| =3 | [Newry, Mourne and Down](https://openindex.co.uk/newry-mourne-and-down) | 80.3% |
| 5 | [Fermanagh and Omagh](https://openindex.co.uk/fermanagh-and-omagh) | 79.4% |
| 6 | [Antrim and Newtownabbey](https://openindex.co.uk/antrim-and-newtownabbey) | 79.2% |
| 7 | [Mid and East Antrim](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-and-east-antrim) | 78.3% |
| 8 | [Ards and North Down](https://openindex.co.uk/ards-and-north-down) | 78.1% |
| 9 | [Causeway Coast and Glens](https://openindex.co.uk/causeway-coast-and-glens) | 77.8% |
| 10 | [Derry City and Strabane](https://openindex.co.uk/derry-city-and-strabane) | 76.0% |
| 11 | [Belfast](https://openindex.co.uk/belfast) | 75.8% |

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

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

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