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. 606km of data cables which laid end to end . The climate of Belfast is significantly milder than most other locations in the world at a similar latitude, due to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream. The number of people living in Northern Ireland who were born outside the UK and Ireland has grown from 81,500 people (4.5%) in 2011 to 124,300 people (6.5%) in 2021, the highest ever recorded in Northern Ireland. [125], Belfast has over forty public parks. 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. The voting age population is 42.4% male and 57.6% female. Belfast is situated on Northern Ireland's eastern coast at 543549N 055545W / 54.59694N 5.92917W / 54.59694; -5.92917. Census figures detailing the national identity, passports and religious make-up of Northern Ireland show a population more diverse than ever before. Black taxis are common in the city, operating on a share basis in some areas. U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Belfast city, Maine QuickFacts Belfast city, Maine Table (a) Includes persons reporting only one race (c) Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories 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. It is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport, 3 miles (5 kilometres) from the city centre, and Belfast International Airport 15 miles (24 kilometres) west of the city. However, since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, there has been significant urban regeneration in the city centre including Victoria Square, Queen's Island and Laganside as well as the Odyssey complex and the landmark Waterfront Hall. [142] These two distinct cultural communities have both contributed significantly to the city's culture. [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'. Sectarian tensions were heightened by movements to repeal the Acts of Union (which followed the 1798 rebellion) and to restore a Parliament in Dublin. [28], Reluctant to let valuable crop go to seed, flax growers and linen merchants benefited from a three-way exchange. Photograph: Getty Images . It also has a major aerospace industry. 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 number of households in Northern Ireland was 768,810. The largest person-specific national identities were: - British only - 606,300 people or 31.9% of our population; - Irish only - 554,400 people or 29.1% of our population; - Northern Irish only - 376,400 people or 19.8% of our population; and. Initial raids were a surprise as the city was believed to be outside of the range of German bomber planes. [106] The Golden Mile is the name given to the mile between Belfast City Hall and Queen's University. The minimum temperature at Aldergrove was 14.9C (5.2F), during December 2010. Parts of Belfast are segregated by walls, commonly known as "peace lines", erected by the British Army after August 1969, and which still divide 14 districts in the inner city. [42], The cost was borne by the British Exchequer. The Belfast City Council area in the 2011 census. The service is being recognised as helping to modernise the city's public transport.[207]. Opposite but comparatively high levels are seen in the predominantly Protestant east Belfast. The data, published on Thursday, focuses on main language, passports and national identity, which all points to an increasingly diverse population. Yesterday at 16:01. While the number of households in Northern Ireland was 768,810. The metro area population of Belfast in 2020 was 631,000, a 0.64% increase from 2019. Belfast has a high concentration of Irish-speakers. If successfully completing the necessary statutory procedures, work on a grade separated junction to connect the Westlink to the M2/M3 motorways is scheduled to take place between 2014 and 2018,[198] creating a continuous link between the M1 and M2, the two main motorways in Northern Ireland. This comprised 3 DUP and 1 Sinn Fin. In 1920-21, 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. Many of Belfast's oldest buildings are found in the Cathedral Quarter area, which is currently undergoing redevelopment as the city's main cultural and tourist area. 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. This increasing diversity is evident to a greater or lesser degree across all 11 local councils. There are no less than twelve other minor rivers in and around Belfast, namely the Blackstaff, the Colin, the Connswater, the Cregagh, the Derriaghy, the Forth, the Knock, the Legoniel, the Loop, the Milewater, the Purdysburn and the Ravernet.[73]. [55], During the Troubles the Europa Hotel suffered 36 bomb attacks becoming known as "the most bombed hotel in the world". Rough terrain and dense forest cover, combined with low population densities and historically weak government presence, define Colombia's borders with Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, . The Glider bus service is a new form of transport in Belfast. [54] In all, over 1,600 people were killed in political violence in the city between 1969 and 2001. Dr Marshall said academic research following the 2011 census also found evidence of an increasing number of people who would have previously described themselves as Protestant choosing to identify as having no religion. A 2021 coroner's report found that all those killed had been innocent and that the killings were "without justification". [10][11] The name therefore translates literally as "(river) mouth of the sandbar" or "(river) mouth of the ford". The facility comprises four stages of 16,000 square feet (1,500m2). [99] In 2008 a process was proposed for the removal of the 'peace walls'. 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. 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. [38] This period of communal violence (192022) was commonly referred to as the Belfast Pogrom. Further information on the statistics that we produce is available within our main publications summary. 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. ", "Linenopolis: The Linen Quarter of Belfast | Connolly Cove |", "History Belfast's golden age of shipbuilding", "Historical Internal Migration in Ireland". Sign up to our FREE newsletter. [214] The music school of Queen's University is responsible for arranging a notable series of lunchtime and evening concerts, often given by renowned musicians which are usually given in The Harty Room at the university (University Square). This is up from 513,400 people (28.4%) in 2011. It was made internationally famous as the setting for the classic film, Odd Man Out, starring James Mason. 2,900 doors, which if laid end to end would stretch for 5 miles. 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. In a demonstration of their resolve not to submit to a Dublin parliament, in 1912 Belfast City Hall unionists presented the Ulster Covenant, which, with an associated Declaration for women, was to accumulate over 470,000 signatures. In 1921, as the greater part of Ireland seceded as the Irish Free State, Belfast became the capital of the six counties remaining as Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. 96.77% were white (including Irish Traveller) while 3.23% were from an ethnic minority population; 48.82% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic faith and 42.47% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' denomination; and. Population statistics are widely used in policy development in areas such as housing, healthcare and education, as well as being used to allocate public funds to the Northern Ireland Executive through the Barnett formula. The team currently plays in the Down Senior County League.[233]. [252] They also hope to invest in a new modern transport system (including high-speed rail and others) for Belfast, with a cost of 250million. 12 January 2022. [242], Ulster University, created in its current form in 1984, is a multi-centre university with a campus in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast. [117] Work has started on the taller Obel Tower, which already surpasses the height of Windsor House in its unfinished state. Belfast: A Profile of the City. The city expanded to the natural barrier of the hills that surround it, overwhelming other settlements. Until 2011 the route went to Stranraer and used inter alia a HSS (High Speed Service) vesselwith a crossing time of around 90 minutes. It had a population of 345,418 in 2021[update].[2]. The crisis was abated by the onset of the Great War, the sacrifices of the UVF in which continue to be commemorated in the city (Somme Day) by unionist and loyalist organisations. Originally a more significant river than it is today, the Farset formed a dock on High Street until the mid 19th century. [168][169] This has led to a period of sustained economic growth and large-scale redevelopment of the city centre. . In 2008, Belfast was named a finalist in the Large City (200,001 and over) category of the RHS Britain in Bloom competition along with London Borough of Croydon and Sheffield. The Gaeltacht Quarter is an area around the Falls Road in west Belfast which promotes and encourages the use of the Irish language. Stena Line runs regular routes to Cairnryan in Scotland using its conventional vesselswith a crossing time of around 2 hours 15 minutes. 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. [183] The rest of the city's water is sourced from Lough Neagh, via Dunore Water Treatment Works in County Antrim. Second World War [ edit] Main article: Belfast Blitz The current club president is Irish-language enthusiast Linda Ervine who comes from a unionist background in the area. FACT NISRA released the first phase of main statistics from Census 2021 on 22 September 2022. 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. [246], Belfast is one of the most visited cities in the UK,[247] and the second most visited on the island of Ireland. Key finding: Slightly over 18% of Northern Ireland's population resides in the Belfast council area, with Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon the next largest at almost 11. . In 2007, Belfast saw house prices grow by 50%, the fastest rate of growth in the UK. [65] The current Lord Mayor is Tina Black of Sinn Fin, while the Deputy Lord Mayor is Michelle Kelly of the Alliance Party. [143], This made it the fifteenth-largest city in the United Kingdom, but the eleventh-largest conurbation. [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. [56], An enduring physical legacy of the conflict are the extensive "peace lines" (or "peace walls") that continue to separate loyalist from republican districts. Belfast is home to the Stormont cricket ground since 1949 and was the venue for the Irish cricket team's first ever One Day International against England in 2006.[234]. It gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and. The City Hall was finished in 1906 and was built to reflect Belfast's city status, granted by Queen Victoria in 1888. Belfast contains most of Northern Ireland's regional specialist centres. Consequently, the arterial roads along which this expansion took place (such as the Falls Road or the Newtownards Road) are more significant in defining the districts of the city than nucleated settlements. [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. The Jordanstown campus, just seven miles (11km) from Belfast city centre concentrates on engineering, health and social science. In 200405, 5.9million people visited Belfast, a 10% increase from the previous year, and spent 262.5million.[213]. [63] Since 1973 it has been a local government district under local administration by Belfast City Council. A consequence of this northern latitude is that it both endures short winter days and enjoys long summer evenings. The Belfast Marathon is run annually on May Day, and attracted 20,000 participants in 2011. The census population of Northern Ireland on 21 March 2021 was 1,903,175 people, which was 0.2 per cent higher than our 2020 mid-year . Built in the 1830s and designed by Sir Charles Lanyon, Botanic Gardens Palm House is one of the earliest examples of a curvilinear and cast iron glasshouse. This escalation in segregation, described as a "ratchet effect", has shown little sign of decreasing. Demographics", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demography_of_Belfast&oldid=1113127401, Demographics by city in the United Kingdom, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 29 September 2022, at 22:14. The first nationalist Lord Mayor of Belfast was Alban Maginness of the SDLP, in 1997. [122] A history of the development of these structures can be found at the Peacewall Archive. Musicians and bands who have written songs about or dedicated to Belfast include 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. The number of one person households is now the highest on record, a change driven at least in part by our ageing population. 2021 Foreign Terrorist Organization/Executive Order 13224 Group Designations. [145] An area of deprivation is found in the inner parts of the north and west of the city. [184] Rates in Belfast (and the rest of Northern Ireland) were reformed in April 2007. Further information about the population structure: Males Females 48.7% 51.3% 0-17 years 18-64 years 65+ years 21.3% 63.9% Males Females See also: Belfast - with settlements Located in: Northern Ireland country The census data also showed that the population continued to age. Including the Waterfront Hall and the Odyssey Arena, Belfast has several other venues for performing arts. As lords of Clandeboye, the O'Neill dynasty were the local Irish power. There are no rail services to cities in other countries of the United Kingdom, due to the lack of a bridge or tunnel connecting Great Britain to the island of Ireland. Belfast remained a small settlement of little importance during the Middle Ages. The port supplied an avenue for trade with Great Britain and later Europe and North America. 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