Local servicesHospitalPhotopheresis Service, The Royal Belfast Hospital For Sick Children30 miGP surgeryDr. Mitchel & Partner3 surgeries within 2 milesunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi6 schools5 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryGaelscoil Ui Neill124 pupilsunder a milePrimaryPrimate Dixon Primary School610 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySt Joseph's College502 pupilsunder a mileSource: Department of Education (Northern Ireland), school-level data
Getting aroundAirportBelfast International Airport BFS21 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the BT71 postcode district.
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the BT71 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 16 min4:50 am – 10:06 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 16 min8:46 am – 4:02 pm
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People2,809 residentsin the Torrent H census area1,186 householdsSource: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C885 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December36 days of air frost, 2 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Earthquakes1 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 2.0 on 19 Oct 199037 mi away, Carrickfergus, AntrimMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 19 Oct 199037 mi away, Carrickfergus, AntrimSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 3.6 · PM2.5 4.6 · PM10 8.4 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)1,181 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
