Food bank locations: Lisburn and Castlereagh, NI (UK)
Food bank locations: Lisburn and Castlereagh, NI (UK) stood at 2 Locations in 2025. It is one of the indicators in the Food bank parcels table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2018 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Food bank parcels table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distribution locations open | |||||||||
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mid Ulster | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Understanding food bank locations: Lisburn and Castlereagh, NI (UK)
Registering the physical facilities functioning as emergency food distribution centres across Lisburn and Castlereagh, this dataset provides a count of active charitable infrastructure points. This measure excludes parcel volumes, weight totals, and recipient demographics, concentrating purely on the availability of physical access points. Included premises are restricted to formally recognised distribution outlets operating within the specified boundary.
Reading this dataset correctly requires understanding that physical venue counts are independent of the operational scale or busyness of individual locations. Annual comparisons remain the most honest way to evaluate changes in network coverage over time. Users should avoid comparing outlet counts directly with larger metropolitan areas without normalising for population and geographic size.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this series track the number of volunteers per site?
- No, staffing levels are not measured within this physical infrastructure dataset.
- Are faith-based distribution points included?
- Yes, any qualifying distribution venue operating within the network is included regardless of its affiliation.
- Why might site numbers remain flat during periods of high demand?
- Charities often absorb rising demand by increasing the capacity or opening hours of existing sites rather than opening new ones.