Borrowing estimates for Mid and East Antrim, built from published survey rates and population figures.
An estimated 92,100 adults in Mid and East Antrim held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 83% of adults in Northern Ireland held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,926 adults aged 18 and over in Mid and East Antrim (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 68,800 adults in Mid and East Antrim held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 62% of adults in Northern Ireland held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,926 adults aged 18 and over in Mid and East Antrim (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 22,200 adults in Mid and East Antrim were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 20% of adults in Northern Ireland were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,926 adults aged 18 and over in Mid and East Antrim (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 34,400 adults in Mid and East Antrim had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 31% of adults in Northern Ireland had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,926 adults aged 18 and over in Mid and East Antrim (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 23,300 adults in Mid and East Antrim used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 21% of adults in Northern Ireland used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,926 adults aged 18 and over in Mid and East Antrim (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 7,320 adults in Mid and East Antrim held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 6.6% of adults in Northern Ireland held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,926 adults aged 18 and over in Mid and East Antrim (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 30,000 adults in Mid and East Antrim had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 27% of adults in Northern Ireland had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,926 adults aged 18 and over in Mid and East Antrim (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
An estimated 9,980 adults in Mid and East Antrim were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 9% of adults in Northern Ireland were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 110,926 adults aged 18 and over in Mid and East Antrim (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Mid and East Antrim was 114,796 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.
An estimated 92,100 adults in Mid and East Antrim held at least one credit or loan product in 2024. An estimated 68,800 adults in Mid and East Antrim held a credit card in 2024. An estimated 22,200 adults in Mid and East Antrim were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
An estimated 92,100 adults in Mid and East Antrim held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
An estimated 68,800 adults in Mid and East Antrim held a credit card in 2024.
An estimated 22,200 adults in Mid and East Antrim were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.