What the figures for Lockstown cover
Every figure on this site comes from official or open public data. This page shows, for each one, the area it covers, the period, the source and when we last updated it.
Lockstown is part of the ward of Kilroot.
Official statistics are published for parishes and census areas, not for every village and hamlet, so there are no separate figures for Lockstown. Property, crime, broadband, food hygiene, businesses and population are for all of Kilroot ward (4,254 residents). Flood risk, planning, transport and weather are measured from Lockstown itself, and schools include the nearest to Lockstown.
Figure by figure
| Figure | Covers | Period | Source | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Usual residents of the ward of Kilroot | Census 2021 | NISRA Census 2021 | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Property | Yearly figures for the electoral wards covering the ward of Kilroot; Northern Ireland publishes no sale-by-sale register | Calendar years to 2024 | Land & Property Services, via OpenDataNI | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Crime | Crimes reported in the 3 neighbourhood areas (census Super Data Zones) covering the ward of Kilroot; the rate is per 1,000 residents of those areas | 12 months to Jun 2026 | police.uk (PSNI) | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Broadband | Postcodes in the ward of Kilroot | Speeds measured 2023, availability 2025 | Ofcom Connected Nations | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Schools | Open schools in the ward of Kilroot, plus the nearest others within 5 km of Lockstown | Pupils from the October 2025 school census | Department of Education (NI), Education and Training Inspectorate reports | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Food hygiene | Food businesses at postcodes in the ward of Kilroot | Latest inspection for each business | Food Standards Agency | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Businesses | Active companies with their registered office in the ward of Kilroot. A registered office is not always where a company trades. | Current register | Companies House | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Local trades | Active companies whose main activity is a trade, registered in the BT38 postcode district, those in the ward of Kilroot first | Current register | Companies House | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Planning | Applications within 5 km of the centre of Lockstown | Last 12 months | PlanIt, from council planning registers | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Flood risk | Not available: Northern Ireland’s flood maps (DfI Rivers) are not open data | Not published | Environment Agency (NaFRA2), OS Open Rivers | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Transport | The stations nearest to Lockstown, with walking routes from its centre | Departures live | National Rail, NaPTAN, OpenStreetMap | Live |
| Weather | The location of Lockstown | Live forecast | MET Norway | Live |
| National comparisons | England and Wales (broadband: the UK), worked out from the same datasets as the local figures | Same periods as above | Our own calculation | 3 Oct 2026 |
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. Map and route data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Weather from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Planning data from planit.org.uk.