[254], There is a tourist information centre located at Donegall Square North.[255]. From 1990-2019 the percentage of white population has declined by over 6%. Over 2.2million passengers flew between Belfast and London in 2009.[205]. The city is flanked on the north and northwest by a series of hills, including Divis Mountain, Black Mountain and Cavehill, thought to be the inspiration for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Belfast Local Government District was 333,871 accounting for 18.44% of the NI total. The total voting age population of Belfast, Maine, meaning US citizens 18 or older, is 5,400. the United Kingdom 2020 population is estimated at 67,886,011 people at mid year according to UN data. Ards and North. From the Victorian Botanic Gardens in the heart of the city to the heights of Cave Hill Country Park, the great expanse of Lagan Valley Regional Park[124] to Colin Glen, Belfast contains an abundance of parkland and forest parks. This group is up from 61,900 people in 2011 (3.4% of the population) to 113,400 people in 2021 (6% of the population). [206] Using articulated buses, the 90million service saw a 17% increase in its first month in Belfast, with 30,000 more people using the Gliders every week. Rapid industrial growth in the nineteenth century drew in landless Catholics from outlying rural and western districts, most settling to the west of the town. The rest of the Belfast post town is divided in a broadly clockwise system from BT3 in the north-east round to BT15, with BT16 and BT17 further out to the east and west respectively. Something went wrong, please try again later. The same year, 80,000 people participated in culture and other arts activities, twice as many as in 200304. The proportion of the population with No religion ranges from 30.6% in Ards and North Down to 7.8% in Mid Ulster. The mid-2021 population estimates are primarily based on the 2021 censuses (for England and Wales, and Northern Ireland). [107] Since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the nearby Lisburn Road has developed into the city's most exclusive shopping strip. [160] The present city however is a product of the Industrial Revolution. In addition to the shipyards and the Shorts Brothers aircraft factory, the Belfast Blitz severely damaged or destroyed more than half the city's housing stock, devastated the old town centre around High Street, and killed over a thousand people. 21 October 2019. Plans to bring in additional water tariffs have been deferred by devolution in May 2007. The Royal Courts of Justice in Chichester Street are home to Northern Ireland's Supreme Court. [219], Belfast is the home of the Belfast Telegraph, Irish News, and The News Letter, the oldest English-language daily newspaper in the world still in publication. Taking in Dublin Road, Great Victoria Street, Shaftesbury Square and Bradbury Place, it contains some of the best bars and restaurants in the city. Stena Line runs regular routes to Cairnryan in Scotland using its conventional vesselswith a crossing time of around 2 hours 15 minutes. [51] The Provisional IRA detonated 22 bombs within the confines of Belfast city centre on 21 July 1972, on what is known as Bloody Friday, killing nine people. Belfast saw further severe violence and numerous bombings during the thirty years of the Troubles, c.19691998, and parts of the city remain segregated between Catholics and Protestants. The population of Northern Ireland on census day, 21 March 2021, was 1,903,175. All four extend beyond the city boundaries to include parts of Castlereagh, Lisburn and Newtownabbey districts. Contents 1 Population 1.1 Population 1.1.1 Sex 1.2 Age 2 Ethnicity 3 Migration 3.1 Country of birth 3.2 Passports held 4 Religion 5 Identity 6 References Population [ edit] Population density of Belfast City Council in 2011 When it comes to national identity, 31.9% said they had a British-only identity, 29.1% said Irish-only, 19.8% said Northern Irish-only while 8% said British and Northern Irish. Next release On 21 March 2023, NISRA will publish. Connolly, S.J. Belfast City Council takes part in the twinning scheme,[256] and is twinned with the following sister cities: The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City of Belfast. Formerly known as Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education, it specialises in vocational education. Photograph: Getty Images . Projections 400,000 450,000 500,000 550,000 600,000 Population 554,000 The zoo houses more than 1,200 animals of 140 species including Asian elephants, Barbary lions, Malayan sun bears (one of the few in the United Kingdom), two species of penguin, a family of western lowland gorillas, a troop of common chimpanzees, a pair of red pandas, a pair of Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos and Francois' langurs. [114][115] The dome is 173ft (53m) high and figures above the door state "Hibernia encouraging and promoting the Commerce and Arts of the City".[116]. The metro area population of Belfast in 2019 was 627,000, a 0.64% increase from 2018. [172] Over the past 10 years employment has grown by 16.4%, compared with 9.2% for the UK as a whole. Population of Northern Ireland 1971-2021 Published by D. Clark , Dec 21, 2022 The population of Northern Ireland reached 1.9 people in 2021, compared with 1.81 million ten years earlier in. Bus and rail public transport in Northern Ireland is operated by subsidiaries of Translink. Leander ASC is a well known swimming club in Belfast. Demographics", "Comparative Demography Profile: Belfast District Council, Northern Ireland", "Area Profile of Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area (BMUA)", "An analytical look at religious background and residential segregation in Belfast", "Population Density: QS102NI (administrative geographies)", "Revealed: Northern Ireland's 10 most deprived areas", "Ethnic Diversity: Segregation in Belfast. The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. Belfast's population is diversifying. Information about Census 2021 statistics, reports and supporting information. The first Lord Mayor of Belfast was Daniel Dixon, who was elected in 1892. National Cycle Route 9 to Newry,[208] which will eventually connect with Dublin,[209] starts in Belfast. This position was confirmed in five subsequent council elections, with mayors from Sinn Fin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), both of whom are nationalist parties, and the cross-community Alliance Party regularly elected since. The number of people holding an Ireland passport solely or jointly has increased from 375,800 people in 2011 to 614,300, up 63.5% and is consistent with the increasing demand for Ireland passports since the 2016 UK vote to leave the EU. While the number of households in Northern Ireland was 768,810. NISRA released the first phase of main statistics from Census 2021 on 22 September 2022. The Belfast campus has a specific focus on Art and Design and Architecture, and is currently undergoing major redevelopment. "[181] 2021 in Belfast, Northern . The Cathedral Quarter takes its name from St Anne's Cathedral (Church of Ireland) and has taken on the mantle of the city's key cultural locality. Projected future population of Northern Ireland by age and sex, Estimates of the population aged 85 and over in Northern Ireland, by age and sex, Projected future population for areas within Northern Ireland by age and sex, Estimates of the population for Small Areas and Neighbourhood Renewal Areas within Northern Ireland, Projected future number of households in Northern Ireland by household type and size, Estimates of long-term international migration for Northern Ireland, Listing of completed ad-hoc requests made by users of Population Statistics. A seasonal sailing to Douglas, Isle of Man is operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. The Census held on 21 March 2021, Northern Ireland's centenary year, highlighted a population of 1,903,175 the highest ever but the data also shows that the population continues to age. Belfast has a large port used for exporting and importing goods, and for passenger ferry services. Belfast households made slightly more than Hodgdonhouseholds ($55,804) and Richmondhouseholds ($55,878) . The city has become a popular film location; The Paint Hall at Harland and Wolff has become one of the UK Film Council's main studios. In November 2011, Belfast became the smallest city to host the MTV Europe Music Awards. Belfast contains most of Northern Ireland's regional specialist centres. See all related documents. [68], Short Brothers plc is a British aerospace company based in Belfast. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Demography of Belfast . Information on Census 2021 in Northern Ireland. [43] In addition to the public construction, this provided for universal health care, comprehensive social security, and "revolutionised access" to secondary and further education. In Belfast, the changes are 'striking': the report describes it as a 'shared city, where the Catholic population is younger and more confident'. While the overall population increased by 5%, the number of people aged 65 or more grew by nearly 25%. On the day he was buried in the city, 100,000 people lined the route from his home on the Cregagh Road to Roselawn cemetery. Dr David Marshall, director of Census and population statistics at the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, said the differing age profiles of the Protestant and Catholic communities was key to understanding the shifting numbers. With the undertaking of Plantation, Belfast was established as a town in 1613 by Sir Arthur Chichester. [179], Belfast has been the fastest-growing economy of the thirty largest cities in the UK over the past decade, a new economy report by Howard Spencer has found. It was made internationally famous as the setting for the classic film, Odd Man Out, starring James Mason. [212], In 200405, art and cultural events in Belfast were attended by 1.8million people (400,000 more than the previous year). Published by D. Clark , Dec 21, 2022 In 2021, Belfast was the local district that had the highest number of inhabitants in Northern Ireland, with an estimated population of 345,000, followed. In total, 4.6% (85,100 people) of our population aged 3 and over had a main language other than English. The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. [185] Belfast has approximately 1,300km (808mi) of sewers, which are currently being replaced in a project costing over 100million and due for completion in 2009. "That's because [of] the fundamentals of the UK economy and [because] people actually want to invest in the UK," he commented on that report.[180]. O'Reilly, D. 2010. " The population of Northern Ireland on census day, 21 March 2021, was 1,903,175. The new hotels have helped to increase a further 1,000 bedrooms in the city. [155] The majority of the estimated 5,000 Muslims[157] and 200 Hindu families[158] living in Northern Ireland live in the Greater Belfast area. The Belfast City Council area in the 2011 census. The previous 2011 census showed that 45.1% of the population were Catholic or brought up Catholic while 48.4% were from a Protestant or other Christian background. Northern Ireland Railways provides suburban services along three lines running through Belfast's northern suburbs to Carrickfergus, Larne and Larne Harbour, eastwards towards Bangor and south-westwards towards Lisburn and Portadown. Rivers of Belfast". 11,000 Sprinkler heads. The architectural style of Belfast's public buildings range from a small set of Georgian buildings, many examples of Victorian, including the main Lanyon Building at Queen's University Belfast and the Linenhall Library, (both designed by Sir Charles Lanyon). The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is Northern Ireland's only full-time symphony orchestra and is well renowned in the United Kingdom. [152][153], Ethnic minority communities have been in Belfast since the 1930s. The Jordanstown campus, just seven miles (11km) from Belfast city centre concentrates on engineering, health and social science. In total in 1990 only 1.1% of the population of Belfast was non-white, while as of 2019 5% of the population was non-white. 606km of data cables which laid end to end . [67] In the 2017 UK general election, Belfast elected one Member of Parliament (MP) from each constituency to the House of Commons at Westminster, London. Information relating to the Population Statistics teams engagement with its users/stakeholders. The average household size decreased across all 11 local councils. Broadcasting only over the Internet is Homely Planet, the Cultural Radio Station for Northern Ireland, supporting community relations.[223]. There are also many examples of Edwardian, such as the City Hall, to modern, such as the Waterfront Hall. It is home to Northern Ireland's first Acquired Brain Injury Unit, costing 9million and opened by Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in May 2006. For elections to the European Parliament, Belfast was within the Northern Ireland constituency. [11] The area of Belfast Local Government District is 42.31 square miles (109.6km2). Belfast is situated on Northern Ireland's eastern coast at 543549N 055545W / 54.59694N 5.92917W / 54.59694; -5.92917. Belfast is home to one of the biggest ice hockey clubs in the United Kingdom, the Belfast Giants. [76] The highest temperature recorded at any official weather station in the Belfast area was 30.8C (87.4F) at Shaw's Bridge on 12 July 1983. Weather station is located 2.5 miles (4.0km) from the Belfast city centre. "What we found in the 2011 census was that the Catholic population was on average younger, so there was essentially a higher number of births in the Catholic population than deaths. Developments include Victoria Square, the Cathedral Quarter, and the Laganside with the Odyssey complex and the landmark Waterfront Hall. For key statistics relating to population estimates, explore the population statistics dashboard. The airport is located northwest of the city, near Lough Neagh, while the George Best Belfast City Airport, which is closer to the city centre by train from Sydenham on the Bangor Line, adjacent to Belfast Lough, offers UK domestic flights and a few European flights. Email: info@nisra.gov.uk. The number of people aged 65 or more rose by over 60,000, to nearly one-third of a million people in Census 2021, a near 25% increase on 2011 and demonstrates the scale of population change due to ageing. Belfast produced the Formula One racing stars John Watson who raced for five different teams during his career in the 1970s and 1980s and Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine. The most recent example of this conflict was known as the Troubles a civil conflict that raged from the late 1960s to 1998. Conservationists are celebrating a bumper year for barn owls in Northern Ireland. [195] A road improvement-scheme in Belfast began early in 2006, with the upgrading of two junctions along the Westlink dual-carriageway to grade-separated standard. Among surviving elements of the early pre-Victorian town are the Belfast Entries, 17th-century alleyways off High Street, including, in Winecellar's Entry, White's Tavern (rebuilt 1790); the First Presbyterian (Non-Subscribing) Church (178183) in Rosemary Street (whose members led the abolitionist charge against Greg and Cunningham);[34] St George's Church of Ireland (1816) on the High Street site of the old Corporation Church; and the oldest public building in Belfast, Clifton House (177174), the Belfast Charitable Society poorhouse on North Queen Street.[35]. Weatherall, Norman (text) and Evans, David (paintings) 2002, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 00:22. [184] Rates in Belfast (and the rest of Northern Ireland) were reformed in April 2007. There are currently five weather observing stations in the Belfast area: Helen's Bay, Stormont, Newforge, Castlereagh, and Ravenhill Road. Fortunes were made carrying rough linen clothing and salted provisions to the slave plantations of the West Indies; sugar and rum to Baltimore and New York; and for the return to Belfast of flaxseed from the colonies where the relative scarcity of labour made unprofitable the processing of the flax into linen fibre. Ed. Founded in 1966, it has existed in its present form since 1981, when the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra was disbanded. [39], In the spring of 1942, the German Luftwaffe appeared twice over Belfast. Conversely the coldest night of the year averages 6.9C (19.6F)[88] (or 1.9C [3.4F] lower than Stormont) and 39 nights should register an air frost. The largest groups were Mixed Ethnicities (14,400), Black (11,000), Indian (9,900), Chinese (9,500), and Filipino (4,500). Belfast: Directed by Kenneth Branagh. The population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. In 1864 and 1886 the issue had helped trigger deadly sectarian riots. [242], Ulster University, created in its current form in 1984, is a multi-centre university with a campus in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast. Ethnicity figures also show that the white population of Belfast has fallen from 97 per cent in 2011 to 93 per cent in 2021. [9], The name Belfast derives from the Irish Bal Feirsde, later spelt Bal Feirste (Irish pronunciation:[bel f()t]). For other uses, see, Northern Ireland Assembly and Westminster. [253], In 2018, six hotels were opened, with the biggest in Northern Ireland, the 53million Grand Central Hotel Belfast officially open to the public. Sectarian tension was not in itself unique to Belfast: it was shared with Liverpool and Glasgow, cities that following the Great Famine had also experienced large-scale Irish Catholic immigration. [102], Belfast city centre is divided into two postcode districts, BT1 for the area lying north of the City Hall, and BT2 for the area to its south. Second World War [ edit] Main article: Belfast Blitz The Belfast Giants are a huge brand in Northern Ireland and their increasing stature in the game led to the Belfast Giants playing the Boston Bruins of the NHL on 2 October 2010 at the SSE Arena in Belfast, losing the game 51. [38] This period of communal violence (192022) was commonly referred to as the Belfast Pogrom. It became a city by royal charter in 1888. . [150], The highest levels of segregation in the city are in west Belfast with many areas greater than 90% Catholic. Energy bill support package for Northern Ireland - what you need to know, Household energy bills in NI 'to be capped from November', Northern Ireland Census results announced as population hits all-time high. The Northern Ireland usually resident population increased by 5.1% (92,300) from 2011 to 2021. Socio-economic areas radiate out from the Central Business District, with a pronounced wedge of affluence extending out the Malone Road and Upper Malone Road to the south. [77], The city gets significant precipitation (greater than 1mm) on 157 days in an average year with an average annual rainfall of 846 millimetres (33.3in),[78] less than areas of northern England or most of Scotland,[77] but higher than Dublin or the south-east coast of Ireland. [190] It also provides the city's specialist neurosurgical, ophthalmology, ENT, and dentistry services. In all, 598,800 people (31.5%) living here identified solely or along with other national identities as Northern Irish, up from 533,100 people (29.4%) in 2011. On Census Day 27 March 2011, considering the population aged 16 to 74 years old: Long-term unemployed are those who stated that they have not worked since 2009 or earlier, Percentage Catholic or brought up Catholic, Percentage born outside the UK and Ireland, When the population of Belfast town began to grow in the 17th century, its economy was built on commerce. Since the ending of the region's conflict tourism has boomed in Northern Ireland, greatly aided by low cost. Belfast 400 People Places and History. Mid Year Population Estimates Estimates of the. Many areas are still highly segregated along ethnic, political and religious lines, especially in working-class neighbourhoods. [175] In 2004, Belfast had the lowest owner occupation rate in Northern Ireland at 54%. Public outrage, however, defeated the proposal of the greatest of the merchant houses, Cunningham and Greg, to commission ships for the Middle Passage.[30]. The Giants have been league champions 6 times, most recently in the 202122 season. That acted to increase the size of the Catholic population from 2011 to 2021. [160], Around this time, the linen trade in Northern Ireland blossomed and by the middle of the 18th century, one fifth of all the linen exported from Ireland was shipped from Belfast. The number of one person households is now the highest on record, a change driven at least in part by our ageing population. "New Developments in Irish Population History, 17001850", "Belfast City Council. second phase of main statistics results from Census 2021, Census 2021 person and household estimates for Data Zones in Northern Ireland, Census 2021 main statistics for Northern Ireland (phase 2), Census 2021 main statistics health, disability and unpaid care tables, household composition and living arrangements. The team currently plays in the Down Senior County League.[233]. Minority ethnic groups have increased in size and the number of people living here born outside the UK and Ireland is up to around one person in 15, the highest ever recorded. London had the next highest. Bombing, assassination and street violence formed a backdrop to life throughout the Troubles. [133] It has an area of 128 acres (0.52km2) of meadows, woodland and gardens and features a Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Garden, a Japanese garden, a walled garden, and the Golden Crown Fountain commissioned in 2002 as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.[132]. They are widely used to express other statistics as a rate and thus enable comparisons across the United Kingdom and other countries. There has also been an increase in the number of people who identify as Irish and Northern Irish, up from 19,100 in 2011 to 33,600 in 2021, and in those who identify as British, Irish and Northern Irish up from 18,400 in 2011 to 28,100 in 2021. The Ulster University also maintains a campus in the city, which concentrates on fine art, design and architecture. The latest census was the first to be held since the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016, which has prompted an increase in applications for Irish passports in Northern Ireland. Two community radio stations, Blast 106 and Irish-language station Raidi Filte, broadcast to the city from west Belfast, as does Queen's Radio, a student-run radio station which broadcasts from Queen's University Students' Union. Belfast has a longstanding underground club scene which was established in the early 1980s.[215]. [160] It provided a market for the surrounding countryside and the natural inlet of Belfast Lough gave the city its own port. [166], The rise of mass-produced and cotton clothing following World War I were some of the factors which led to the decline of Belfast's international linen trade. On 21 March 2023, NISRA will publish the third phase of main statistics results from Census 2021 for a number of census topics, including: Data will be available for Northern Ireland and the 11 Local Government Districts. The other listed destinations were Berlin (Germany), Cambodia, Cape Town (South Africa), Cartagena (Colombia), Istanbul (Turkey), the Lassen Volcanic National Park (US), Saqqara (Egypt), the Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail (US), Waiheke Island (New Zealand), Washington, D.C. (US), and Waterton Lakes National Park (Canada). Population growth was proportionately greatest in Lisburn and Castlereagh with 149,100 people in 2021, up 10.6% from 2011. [48][49] Loyalist paramilitaries including the UVF and the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) said that the killings they carried out were in retaliation for the IRA campaign. Introduced in 2018, it is a bus rapid transit system linking East Belfast, West Belfast and the Titanic Quarter from the City Centre. [229] Since his death the City Airport was named after him and a trust has been set up to fund a memorial to him in the city centre. 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