This was made up of:. [231] Casement Park in west Belfast, home to the Antrim county teams, has a capacity of 32,000 which makes it the second largest Gaelic Athletic Association ground in Ulster. The Giants were founded in 2000 and play their games at the 9,500 capacity SSE Arena, where crowds normally range from 4,000 to 7,000. The first Lord Mayor of Belfast was Daniel Dixon, who was elected in 1892. Belfast elected 7 Sinn Fin, 5 DUP, 5 Alliance Party, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP and 1 PBPA MLAs. 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", "Linenopolis: The Linen Quarter of Belfast | Connolly Cove |", "History Belfast's golden age of shipbuilding", "Historical Internal Migration in Ireland". [236] The Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) Web Service receives funding from both universities and is a rich source of information and source material on the Troubles as well as society and politics in Northern Ireland. On January 14 the Department of State designated Harakat Sawa'd Misr (HASM) as . There was major communal violence in the city during partition. Over 2.2million passengers flew between Belfast and London in 2009.[205]. Belfast (/blfst/ BEL-fast, /-fst/ -fahst;[a] from Irish: Bal Feirste [bel f()t], meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford'[4]) is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. Most of Belfast's water is supplied via the Aquarius pipeline from the Silent Valley Reservoir in County Down, created to collect water from the Mourne Mountains. 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. This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. All four extend beyond the city boundaries to include parts of Castlereagh, Lisburn and Newtownabbey districts. In 2021, the median household income of Belfast households was $55,900. A decision as to the outcome was to be made by a United States district court judge. 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. Please note layouts will be subject to change as tables are finalised. Let us know what you think in the comments below. [101] Major arterial roads (quality bus corridor) into the city include the Antrim Road, Shore Road, Holywood Road, Newtownards Road, Castlereagh Road, Cregagh Road, Ormeau Road, Malone Road, Lisburn Road, Falls Road, Springfield Road, Shankill Road, and Crumlin Road, Four Winds. In 200405, 5.9million people visited Belfast, a 10% increase from the previous year, and spent 262.5million.[213]. Information on consultations and the planning of the 2021 Census in Northern Ireland. To sign up to our FREE newsletters, see here. [176], Peace has boosted the numbers of tourists coming to Belfast. [43] In addition to the public construction, this provided for universal health care, comprehensive social security, and "revolutionised access" to secondary and further education. Information on Census 2021 in Northern Ireland. In 2011, English was not the main language of 3.1% (54,500 people). Weatherall, Norman (text) and Evans, David (paintings) 2002, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 00:22. Protestant workers who organised to secure their access to jobs and housing gave a new lease of life in the town to the once largely rural Orange Order. - British & Northern Irish 151,300 people or 8% of our population. [143], The 2001 census recorded 81,650 people from Catholic backgrounds and 79,650 people from Protestant backgrounds of working age living in Belfast. [79] As an urban and coastal area, Belfast typically gets snow on fewer than 10 days per year. FACT [217] Projects to promote the language in the city are funded by various sources, notably Foras na Gaeilge, an all-Ireland body funded by both the Irish and British governments. The Giant's Ring, a 5,000-year-old henge, is located near the city,[23] and the remains of Iron Age hill forts can still be seen in the surrounding hills. The main current religions are now Catholic (42.3%); Presbyterian (16.6%); Church of Ireland (11.5%); Methodist (2.3%); other Christian denominations (6.9%) and other religions (1.3%). NISRA released the first phase of main statistics from Census 2021 on 22 September 2022. 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. [122] A history of the development of these structures can be found at the Peacewall Archive. [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. Because of this, it is less an agglomeration of villages and towns which have expanded into each other, than other comparable cities, such as Manchester or Birmingham. [193] Other hospitals in Belfast include the Mater Hospital in north Belfast and the Children's Hospital. The company began its association with Belfast in 1936, with Short & Harland Ltd, a venture jointly owned by Shorts and Harland and Wolff. This is an increase from 2011, when 54,200 people resident in Northern Ireland (or 3% of our population) held a non-UK/Ireland passport only. The total voting age population of Belfast, Maine, meaning US citizens 18 or older, is 5,400. Median Age The median age for Belfast residents is 60.1 years young. In what the Unionist government understood as its reward for wartime service, London had agreed that parity in taxation between Northern Ireland and Great Britain should be matched by parity in the services delivered. There is, however, a combined ferry and rail ticket between Belfast and cities in Great Britain, which is referred to as SailRail. [14], The compilers of Ulster-Scots use various transcriptions of local pronunciations of "Belfast" (with which they sometimes are also content)[15][16] including Bilfawst,[17][18] Bilfaust[19] or Baelfawst. 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). Belfast's population is evenly split between its Protestant and Catholic residents. In 2021, the proportion of residents who identified as Catholic was 43%, 12% Presbyterian, 8% for the Church of Ireland, 3% Methodist, 6% of Christian religions, 3% other religions and 24% no religion or not stated. [150], The highest levels of segregation in the city are in west Belfast with many areas greater than 90% Catholic. There are also many examples of Edwardian, such as the City Hall, to modern, such as the Waterfront Hall. The site of Belfast has been occupied since the Bronze Age. In line with the ageing population, the average household size across Northern Ireland decreased from 2.54 usual residents per household in 2011 to 2.44 usual residents per household last year. The number of people holding a UK passport solely or jointly stood at one million, a decrease from 1.07m a decade earlier. Census figures detailing the national identity, passports and religious make-up of Northern Ireland show a population more diverse than ever before. [203][204], The city has two airports: Belfast International Airport offering, domestic, European and international flights such as Orlando operated seasonally by Virgin Atlantic. On census day 2021, there were 768,810 occupied households in Northern Ireland, up 9.3% from the 703,275 recorded ten years earlier. "New Developments in Irish Population History, 17001850", "Belfast City Council. Donegall Quay was built out into the river as the harbour was developed further and trade flourished. Thesecond phase of main statistics results from Census 2021are now available. Belfast has a longstanding underground club scene which was established in the early 1980s.[215]. [38] This period of communal violence (1920-22) was commonly referred to as the Belfast Pogrom . Colourpoint Books. [224] The event was hosted by Selena Gomez and celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Jessie J, Hayden Panettiere, and Lady Gaga travelled to Northern Ireland to attend the event, held in the Odyssey Arena. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland & Wolff shipyard, which built the RMSTitanic, was the world's largest shipyard. Dr David Marshall, director of Census and population statistics at the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since the partition of the island, census figures show. Belfast has a direct rail connection with Dublin called Enterprise which is operated jointly by NIR and Iarnrd ireann, the state railway company of the Republic of Ireland. The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. The Census 2021 population is recorded at 1,903,175 people, up from 1,810,863 people in 2011. The areas around the Falls Road, Ardoyne and New Lodge (Catholic nationalist) and the Shankill Road (Protestant loyalist) are among the ten most deprived wards in Northern Ireland. The Belfast City Hospital is the regional specialist centre for haematology and is home to a cancer centre that rivals the best in the world. The discrete capital value system means rates bills are determined by the capital value of each domestic property as assessed by the Valuation and Lands Agency. Leander ASC is a well known swimming club in Belfast. [56], An enduring physical legacy of the conflict are the extensive "peace lines" (or "peace walls") that continue to separate loyalist from republican districts. [145] Since then, the inner city numbers have dropped dramatically as people have moved to swell the Greater Belfast suburb population. On Census Day 27 March 2011, in Belfast Local Government District (2014), considering the resident population: Respondents could indicate more than one national identity. [9], The name Belfast derives from the Irish Bal Feirsde, later spelt Bal Feirste (Irish pronunciation:[bel f()t]). 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. Football clubs active in Belfast include: Linfield, Glentoran, Crusaders, Cliftonville, Donegal Celtic, Harland & Wolff Welders, Dundela, Knockbreda, PSNI, Queen's University, Newington, Sport & Leisure and Brantwood. 21 October 2019. [10] The word bal means "mouth" or "river-mouth," while feirsde/feirste is the genitive singular of fearsaid and refers to a sandbar or tidal ford across a river's mouth. In 2021 the number of people with a white ethnic group was 1,837,600 (96.6% of the population). 2018-based Population Projections for Northern Ireland. This fall is counterbalanced, but only partially, by increases in the number of people who identify as British and Northern Irish, up from 111,700 in 2011 to 151,300 in 2021, and by those who identify as British, Irish and Northern Irish, up from 18,400 in 2011 to 28,100 in 2021. Just over 3% of our population, or 65,600 people, now belong to ethnic minority groups, around double the 2011 figure of 1.8% or 32,400 people and four times the 2001 figure (0.8% or 14,300 people). Civil unrest impacted the city's industry for many years, but with the . [191] The Mary G McGeown Regional Nephrology Unit at the City Hospital is the kidney transplant centre and provides regional renal services for Northern Ireland. Taking in Dublin Road, Great Victoria Street, Shaftesbury Square and Bradbury Place, it contains some of the best bars and restaurants in the city. [148], Despite a period of relative peace, most areas and districts of Belfast still reflect the divided nature of Northern Ireland as a whole. But it was with Scottish Presbyterians that the town was to grow as an industrial port. "[181] The Population Statistics Section within Census Branch (NISRA) provides accurate, timely, user friendly and easily accessible National Statistics relating to Population Estimates, Projections and Migration for Northern Ireland. In 192021, as the island of Ireland was partitioned, up to 500 people were killed in disturbances in Belfast, the bloodiest period of strife in the city until the Troubles of the late 1960s onwards. Combining current religion and religion of upbringing gives 45.7% who were Catholic, 43.5% who were Protestant, Other Christian or Christian related and 1.5% who were from other non-Christian religions. Proportionately the fastest growing group is people with other national identities - typically identities from outside UK and Ireland. [24] The mainly English and Manx settlers took Anglican communion at Corporation Church on the quay-side end of High Street. [249] Numerous tour bus companies and boat tours run there throughout the year, including tours based on the series Game of Thrones, which has had various filming locations around Northern Ireland. 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]. Media Queries It gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and. Conservationists are celebrating a bumper year for barn owls in Northern Ireland. [66] The Lord Mayor's duties include presiding over meetings of the council, receiving distinguished visitors to the city, representing and promoting the city on the national and international stage.[65]. The census happens only once every 10 years. [241] It is one of the largest universities in the UK with 25,231 undergraduate and postgraduate students spread over 250 buildings, 120 of which are listed as being of architectural merit. [125], Belfast has over forty public parks. 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. That acted to increase the size of the Catholic population from 2011 to 2021. After the passing of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, it became the seat of the government of Northern Ireland. The Magee campus, about 70mi (113km) from Belfast city centre has many teaching strengths; including business, computing, creative technologies, nursing, Irish language and literature, social sciences, law, psychology, peace and conflict studies and the performing arts. The statistics show that over the last ten years the population increased by over 90,000 people from 1.811 million to 1.903 million or by five per cent. Belfast Zoo is owned by Belfast City Council. 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. [189] The Royal Victoria Hospital is an internationally renowned centre of excellence in trauma care and provides specialist trauma care for all of Northern Ireland. There are "huge amounts" of foreign investment coming into the country. The number of one person households is now the highest on record, a change driven at least in part by our ageing population. [68], Short Brothers plc is a British aerospace company based in Belfast. [77] The absolute maximum temperature at the weather station at Stormont is 29.7C (85.5F), set during July 1983. [117] Work has started on the taller Obel Tower, which already surpasses the height of Windsor House in its unfinished state. This service is known as the Belfast Suburban Rail system. [142] These two distinct cultural communities have both contributed significantly to the city's culture. This is balanced by the summer solstice in June, when the sun sets after 22:00 and rises before 05:00. This prospectus sets out therelease plansfor Census 2021 statistics in Northern Ireland. Belfast, Irish Bal Feirste, city, district, and capital of Northern Ireland, on the River Lagan, at its entrance to Belfast Lough (inlet of the sea). 2,731 steps which if climbed twice a week would be equal to climbing Slieve Donard. Custom House Square is one of the city's main outdoor venues for free concerts and street entertainment. One of the offers was by a group including the National Maritime Museum and National Museums Northern Ireland, with assistance by James Cameron. Initial raids were a surprise as the city was believed to be outside of the range of German bomber planes. Ards and North Down has the highest percentage of older people at 22.1% while in contrast Mid Ulster has the highest percentage of people aged under 15 at 21.7%. [104] Windsor House, 262ft (80m) high, has 23 floors and is the second tallest building (as distinct from structure) in Ireland. Musicians and bands who have written songs about or dedicated to Belfast include [159] This represents a 1.60% increase since the 2001 Census. Formed ostensibly for defence of the Kingdom, the Volunteers were soon pressing their own protest against "taxation without representation". Many areas are still highly segregated along ethnic, political and religious lines, especially in working-class neighbourhoods. The statistics also show an increasingly diverse population across ethnic group, main language, country of birth and passports held. BBC Radio 4's World reported furthermore that despite higher levels of corporation tax in the UK than in the Republic. In the 2019 UK general election, the DUP lost two of their seats in Belfast; to Sinn Fin in North Belfast and to the SDLP in South Belfast. [47], Belfast saw some of the worst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, particularly in the 1970s, with rival paramilitary groups formed on both sides. 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. Burns and the other pupils at north Belfast's Holy Cross Girls' primary were subjected to a barrage of abuse from a group of loyalist . The metro area population of Edinburgh in 2020 was 537,000, a 1.13% increase from 2019. [149], These zones Catholic/republican on one side and Protestant/loyalist on the other are invariably marked by flags, graffiti and murals. [160] The present city however is a product of the Industrial Revolution. Developments include Victoria Square, the Cathedral Quarter, and the Laganside with the Odyssey complex and the landmark Waterfront Hall. [107] Since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the nearby Lisburn Road has developed into the city's most exclusive shopping strip. [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. On Census Day 27 March 2011, in Belfast Local Government District (2014), considering the population aged 3 years old and over: On Census Day 27 March 2011, considering the population aged 16 years old and over: Level 1 is 14 O Levels/CSE/GCSE (any grades) or equivalent. 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. [46] These opposing groups in this conflict are now often termed republican and loyalist respectively, although they are also loosely referred to as 'nationalist' and 'unionist'. [7] Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration,[8] made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is Northern Ireland's only full-time symphony orchestra and is well renowned in the United Kingdom. In 1919, workers in all three cities struck for a ten-hour reduction in the working week. One in Belfast and one in Dublin? [160] It provided a market for the surrounding countryside and the natural inlet of Belfast Lough gave the city its own port. Stena Line also operates a route to Liverpool. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Belfast's population is diversifying. Colby HouseStranmillis CourtBELFASTBT9 5RRTelephone: +44(0)28 9025 5156, Estimates of the Population Aged 85 and Over, Long-Term International Migration Statistics, 2021 Mid Year Population Estimates for Northern Ireland, 2021 Mid Year Population Estimates for Northern Ireland Statistical Bulletin Charts, Tables and Maps, 2020-based Interim Population Projections for Northern Ireland, 2020-based Interim Population Projections for Northern Ireland - figures and tables. In November 2011, Belfast became the smallest city to host the MTV Europe Music Awards. Plans to bring in additional water tariffs have been deferred by devolution in May 2007. The city's elected officials are the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Deputy Lord Mayor and High Sheriff who are elected from among 60 councillors. [132] Rose Week in July each year features over 20,000 blooms. 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 population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. [20], The county borough of Belfast was created when it was granted city status by Queen Victoria in 1888,[21] and the city continues to straddle County Antrim on the left bank of the Lagan and County Down on the right.[22]. The zoo is one of the top visitor attractions in Northern Ireland, receiving more than 295,000 visitors a year. [186], Power is provided from a number of power stations via NIE Networks Limited transmission lines. Belfast saw the worst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, with nearly half of the total deaths in the conflict occurring in the city. Download Historical Data Save as Image From: To: Zoom: Historical U.N. One of Northern Ireland's two community TV stations, NvTv, is based in the Cathedral Quarter of the city. [162] Like many British cities dependent on traditional heavy industry, Belfast suffered serious decline since the 1960s, exacerbated greatly in the 1970s and 1980s by the Troubles. [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. The Coleraine campus, about 55mi (89km) from Belfast city centre concentrates on a broad range of subjects. The metro area population of Belfast in 2019 was 627,000, a 0.64% increase from 2018. Email: info@nisra.gov.uk. The facility comprises four stages of 16,000 square feet (1,500m2). The minimum temperature at Aldergrove was 14.9C (5.2F), during December 2010. Belfast remains the largest council by population with 345,400 people in 2021 while Fermanagh and Omagh has the smallest council by population with 116,800 people in 2021. The majority of the animals are in danger in their natural habitat. 63.84% were economically active, 36.16% were economically inactive; 5.59% were unemployed, of these 43.56% were long-term unemployed. There are a number of Irish language Primary schools and one secondary school in Belfast. "The religious demography of Northern Ireland in part is driven by age structures," he said. [31][32] With their American kinsmen, the region's Presbyterians were to share a growing disaffection from the Crown. Throughout the Troubles, Belfast artists continued to express themselves through poetry, art and music. Bus and rail public transport in Northern Ireland is operated by subsidiaries of Translink. Figures from 2016 of working age population. The 2001 census population in the same Urban Area had fallen to 277,391[142] people, with 579,554 people living in the wider Belfast Metropolitan Area. [131] U2 played here in 1997. While the number of households in Northern Ireland was 768,810. In late August 2018, at least three groups were vying for the right to purchase the 5,500 RMS Titanic relics that were an asset of the bankrupt Premier Exhibitions. [75] The Castlereagh Hills overlook the city on the southeast. These materials are designed to help users make the most of census data. "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]. Other significant sportspeople from Belfast include double world snooker champion Alex "Hurricane" Higgins[235] and world champion boxers Wayne McCullough, Rinty Monaghan and Carl Frampton. [183] The rest of the city's water is sourced from Lough Neagh, via Dunore Water Treatment Works in County Antrim. By the turn of the 19th century, Belfast had transformed into the largest linen producing centre in the world,[162] earning the city and its hinterlands the nickname "Linenopolis" during the Victorian Era and into the early part of the 20th century. U2, Van Morrison, Snow Patrol, Simple Minds, Elton John, Rogue Male, Katie Melua, Boney M, Paul Muldoon, Stiff Little Fingers, Nanci Griffith, Glenn Patterson, Orbital, James Taylor, Fun Boy Three, Spandau Ballet, The Police, Barnbrack, Gary Moore, Neon Neon, Toxic Waste, Energy Orchard, and Billy Bragg. 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