Planning for retirement
- Residents aged 65 or over
- 17%
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What to compare before choosingThe local-authority figures cover the Derry City and Strabane council area, rather than Derry / Londonderry alone. Each figure shows the period it covers.
If retirement is your reason for seeking advice, ask how the adviser plans withdrawals and reviews your income over time.
Questions for a retirement adviserIf you work for yourself, ask how pension contributions fit with variable income and business commitments.
Advice when you are self-employedIf your plans involve selling or inheriting a home, ask how the adviser considers property alongside savings and pensions.
Planning after a property saleArea averages do not describe your own finances or determine whether you need advice. See the full figures and sources.
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What firms include in their published prices0.75% of £500,000
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Both Derry and Londonderry are widely used names for the city. This guide covers the same place whichever name you use.
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The local-authority figures cover the Derry City and Strabane council area, rather than Derry / Londonderry alone. Each figure shows the period it covers.
Company figures are not adviser counts. They count active company registrations in selected business categories (SIC codes 64999, 66190, 70221) and do not show FCA authorisation or whether a business trades locally.
Sources: Companies House · ONS population estimates · ONS local statistics · Open Government Licence v3.0.
For Derry City and Strabane, the 2021 Census gives this industry breakdown: Wholesale and retail trade accounts for 15.2% of employment, 0.5 percentage points below the Northern Ireland benchmark. Education accounts for 9.7% of employment, 0.7 percentage points above the Northern Ireland benchmark. Human health and social work accounts for 18.9% of employment, 2.4 percentage points above the Northern Ireland benchmark. Among the three sectors shown, Human health and social work is 9.2 percentage points higher than Education. These figures show which industries local residents work in. They do not measure demand for financial advice or the number of advisers.
Gross median weekly pay was £581.5 in 2025. Gross disposable household income per head was £20,375 in 2024. The published average house price was £189,474 in June 2026. The self-employment rate among people in work is 14.7%, compared with 15.1% across Northern Ireland. The figures come from different time periods and measure different things. They do not describe the finances of a typical household.
These population figures cover the Derry City and Strabane local authority area. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates 152,383 residents, with 17.0% aged 65 or over. The geography is the named council area; it should not be read as a separate total for Derry / Londonderry.
The selected Companies House business categories contain 27 active registrations mapped to Derry / Londonderry; the Derry travel-to-work area contains 52. These figures count registered companies in the area. They do not show how many financial advisers work here, whether a company trades locally or whether it is FCA authorised.
Derry / Londonderry. Photograph by Udit Kapoor. CC BY-SA 4.0.