Census 2021 also shows us that the population is also becoming more diverse. A consequence of this northern latitude is that it both endures short winter days and enjoys long summer evenings. Belfast households made slightly more than Hodgdonhouseholds ($55,804) and Richmondhouseholds ($55,878) . [43] In addition to the public construction, this provided for universal health care, comprehensive social security, and "revolutionised access" to secondary and further education. [9], The name Belfast derives from the Irish Bal Feirsde, later spelt Bal Feirste (Irish pronunciation:[bel f()t]). The share of the Northern Ireland population represented by people aged 65 years and over stood at 17.2% in 2021. The current metro area population of Belfast in 2022 is 639,000, a 0.63% increase from 2021. 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). [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]. [38] This period of communal violence (192022) was commonly referred to as the Belfast Pogrom. In December 1971, 15 people, including two children, were killed when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) bombed McGurk's Bar, the greatest loss of life in a single incident in Belfast. 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. 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. All four extend beyond the city boundaries to include parts of Castlereagh, Lisburn and Newtownabbey districts. 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. [225], Belfast has several notable sports teams playing a diverse variety of sports such as football, Gaelic games, rugby, cricket, and ice hockey. A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s. [123], Sitting at the mouth of the River Lagan where it becomes a deep and sheltered lough, Belfast is surrounded by mountains that create a micro-climate conducive to horticulture. The Belfast Marathon is run annually on May Day, and attracted 20,000 participants in 2011. 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. [44] The new welfare state contributed, in turn, to rising expectations; in the 1960s, a possible factor in new and growing protest over the Unionist government's record on civil and political rights. [52] The British Army, first deployed on the streets in August 1969, was also responsible for civilian deaths. The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. The report by Atkins & KPMG, however, said there would be the option of migrating to light rail in the future should the demand increase. [186], Power is provided from a number of power stations via NIE Networks Limited transmission lines. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, briefly becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname "Linenopolis". Connolly, S.J. [122] A history of the development of these structures can be found at the Peacewall Archive. Most of their victims were Catholics with no links to the Provisional IRA. Median Age The median age for Belfast residents is 60.1 years young. Belfast is still a port with commercial and industrial docks, including the Harland & Wolff shipyard, dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline. 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. The same year, 80,000 people participated in culture and other arts activities, twice as many as in 200304. It was the first aircraft manufacturing company in the world. [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. Belfast was granted borough status by James VI and I in 1613 and official city status by Queen Victoria in 1888. 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. The Northern Ireland usually resident population increased by 5.1% (92,300) from 2011 to 2021. [24] The mainly English and Manx settlers took Anglican communion at Corporation Church on the quay-side end of High Street. Information relating to the Population Statistics teams engagement with its users/stakeholders. [50] A particularly notorious group, based on the Shankill Road in the mid-1970s, became known as the Shankill Butchers. 2020-based Interim Population Projections for Northern Ireland - figures and tables. The service is being recognised as helping to modernise the city's public transport.[207]. [110], In its 2018 report on Best Places to Live in Britain, The Sunday Times named Ballyhackamore, "the brunch capital of Belfast", as the best place in Northern Ireland. [74] The shape of the giant's nose, known locally as Napoleon's Nose, is officially called McArt's Fort probably named after Art O'Neill, a 17th-century chieftain who controlled the area at that time. Sectarian tensions were heightened by movements to repeal the Acts of Union (which followed the 1798 rebellion) and to restore a Parliament in Dublin. 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. [216] The language is heavily promoted in the city and is particularly visible in the Falls Road area, where the signs on both the iconic black taxis and on the public buses are bilingual. More than 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since the 1970s. Although BT derives from Belfast, the BT postcode area extends across the whole of Northern Ireland.[103]. Queen's University Belfast was founded in 1845 and is a member of the Russell Group, an association of 24 leading research-intensive universities in the UK. The economy of Belfast, Northern Ireland was initially built on trade through Belfast Harbour.Later, industry contributed to its growth, particularly shipbuilding and linen. There are other factors as well but those are the two key things.". The ornately decorated Crown Liquor Saloon, designed by Joseph Anderson in 1876, in Great Victoria Street is one of only two pubs in the UK that are owned by the National Trust (the other is the George Inn, Southwark in London). [167] For several decades, Northern Ireland's fragile economy required significant public support from the British exchequer of up to 4billion per year.[167]. It is home to Botanic Gardens and the Ulster Museum, which was reopened in 2009 after major redevelopment. [144], Belfast experienced a huge growth in population in the first half of the 20th century. The architecture of the Grand Opera House has an oriental theme and was completed in 1895. 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 zoo is one of the top visitor attractions in Northern Ireland, receiving more than 295,000 visitors a year. [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. [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]. As with the vast majority of the rest of Ireland, Belfast has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb in the Kppen climate classification), with a narrow range of temperatures and rainfall throughout the year. One of Northern Ireland's two community TV stations, NvTv, is based in the Cathedral Quarter of the city. Founded in 1966, it has existed in its present form since 1981, when the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra was disbanded. [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. [145] An area of deprivation is found in the inner parts of the north and west of the city. [232] In May 2020, the foundation of East Belfast GAA returned Gaelic Games to unionist East Belfast after decades of its absence in the area. This prospectus sets out therelease plansfor Census 2021 statistics in Northern Ireland. [125], Parks and gardens are an integral part of Belfast's heritage, and home to an abundance of local wildlife and popular places for a picnic, a stroll or a jog. 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. The Giants play in the 10-team professional Elite Ice Hockey League which is the top league in the United Kingdom. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Demography of Belfast . The largest groups were Mixed Ethnicities (14,400), Black (11,000), Indian (9,900), Chinese (9,500), and Filipino (4,500). Information on the assurance mechanisms for Census 2021. The majority of the animals are in danger in their natural habitat. 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]. [145] Since then, the inner city numbers have dropped dramatically as people have moved to swell the Greater Belfast suburb population. [53], During the 1970s and 1980s Belfast was one of the world's most dangerous cities. Formerly known as Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education, it specialises in vocational education. All local councils across NI showed an ageing population over the period 2011 to 2021. [65] The current Lord Mayor is Tina Black of Sinn Fin, while the Deputy Lord Mayor is Michelle Kelly of the Alliance Party. Temperature extremes here have slightly more variability due to the more inland location. Slightly further afield is Aldergrove Airport. Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd. started supplying customers in Larne and Greater Belfast with natural gas in 1996 via the newly constructed Scotland-Northern Ireland pipeline. [79] As an urban and coastal area, Belfast typically gets snow on fewer than 10 days per year. 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. The Edwardian architectural style of Belfast City Hall influenced the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta, India, and Durban City Hall in South Africa. 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The usual resident population as at Census day (21 March 2021), by single year of age, is aged on to 30 June 2021 and then births, deaths and migration are accounted for. [55], During the Troubles the Europa Hotel suffered 36 bomb attacks becoming known as "the most bombed hotel in the world". [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 Belfastnotwithstanding the political friction caused by Sinn Fin's electoral triumph in the souththis involved some 60,000 workers, Protestant and Catholic, in a four-week walk-out.[37]. In 2019 there was also an increase in black, Hispanic, and other non-white races. They are widely used to express other statistics as a rate and thus enable comparisons across the United Kingdom and other countries. In 2021, the median household income of Belfast households was $55,900. [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]. [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. [7] Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration,[8] made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. The population was just under 1.4 million in 1821 and grew to 1.7 million in the next twenty years. It was made internationally famous as the setting for the classic film, Odd Man Out, starring James Mason. 4.34% did not have English as their first language. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 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 . In one raid, in 1941, German bombers killed around one thousand people and left tens of thousands homeless. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. In 1932, the devolved parliament for the region was housed in new buildings at Stormont on the eastern edge of the city. 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. O'Reilly, D. 2010. " The IRA ceasefire in 1994 and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 have given investors increased confidence to invest in Belfast. [80] In an average year the warmest day will rise to a temperature of 25.0C (77.0F)[81] with a day of 25.1C (77.2F) or above occurring roughly once every two in three years. 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. [174] In March 2007, the average house in Belfast cost 91,819, with the average in south Belfast being 141,000. 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. This increasing diversity is evident to a greater or lesser degree across all 11 local councils. [228], Belfast was the home town of former Manchester United player George Best, the 1968 European Footballer of the Year, who died in November 2005. 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. In the deadliest event, known as the Ballymurphy massacre, between 9 and 11 August 1971 members of the Parachute Regiment killed at least nine civilians. Some 24 chicks fledged from eight known breeding pairs - a 500% increase in chicks from 2021 - according to . [68] 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 first nationalist Lord Mayor of Belfast was Alban Maginness of the SDLP, in 1997. [244], The Belfast Education and Library Board was established in 1973 as the local council responsible for education, youth and library services within the city. Media Queries 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. 43.32% indicated that they had a British national identity, 35.10% had an Irish national identity and 26.92% had a Northern Irish national identity. 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). They have commissioned more than 30 public sculptures since 1993. The mid-2021 population estimates are primarily based on the 2021 censuses (for England and Wales, and Northern Ireland). [212], In 200405, art and cultural events in Belfast were attended by 1.8million people (400,000 more than the previous year). [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 other hotels included AC Marriot, Hampton By Hilton, EasyHotel, Maldron Belfast City Centre and Flint. [45], Belfast has been the scene of various episodes of sectarian conflict between its Catholic and Protestant populations. Apart from London, this was the greatest loss of life in a night raid during the Blitz. There are 184 primary, secondary and grammar schools in the city. Originally a more significant river than it is today, the Farset formed a dock on High Street until the mid 19th century. The zoo also carries out important conservation work and takes part in European and international breeding programmes which help to ensure the survival of many species under threat. [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. [203][204], The city has two airports: Belfast International Airport offering, domestic, European and international flights such as Orlando operated seasonally by Virgin Atlantic. Belfast is a relatively car-dependent city by European standards, with an extensive road network including the 22.5 miles (36km) M2 and M22 motorway route. Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, to the south of the city centre, attracts thousands of visitors each year to its International Rose Garden. Census figures (2011) showed that Belfast has a total non-white population of 10,219 or 3.3%,[156] while 18,420 or 6.6%[155] of the population were born outside the UK and Ireland. Throughout the Troubles, Belfast artists continued to express themselves through poetry, art and music. The facility comprises four stages of 16,000 square feet (1,500m2). [161] It was not until industry transformed the linen and shipbuilding trades that the economy and the population boomed. Over 2.2million passengers flew between Belfast and London in 2009.[205]. Until 2011 the route went to Stranraer and used inter alia a HSS (High Speed Service) vesselwith a crossing time of around 90 minutes. 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. [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. 63.84% were economically active, 36.16% were economically inactive; 5.59% were unemployed, of these 43.56% were long-term unemployed. Belfast is one of the constituent cities that makes up the Dublin-Belfast corridor region, which has a population of just under 3million. Our2022/23work planis available here. Ranging in length from a few hundred metres to over 5 kilometres, the security barriers have increased both in height and number since 1998. Previously, the city was exclusively white (categorised as a simplified ethnic group within Northern Ireland) at 98% white in 2001, however by 2021, this had dropped down to 93%. The new hotels have helped to increase a further 1,000 bedrooms in the city. Census 2021 shows that 12.4% (228,600 people) had some ability in the Irish language, up from 10.7% decade ago while the figure for Ulster-Scots is 10.4% (190,600 people), up from 8.1%. Over 60 conferences took place that year with 30,000 people helping contribute to a record 45million pounds for the local economy. Bus services in the city proper and the nearer suburbs are operated by Translink Metro, with services focusing on linking residential districts with the city centre on 12 quality bus corridors running along main radial roads,[200], More distant suburbs are served by Ulsterbus. The provision of certain resources for these schools (for example, such as the provision of textbooks) is supported by the charitable organisation TACA. [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. Bombing, assassination and street violence formed a backdrop to life throughout the Troubles. [24] However, this original 'Belfast Castle' was much smaller and of far less strategic importance than nearby Carrickfergus Castle, which was constructed at Carrickfergus and was probably built in the late 1170s. Formed ostensibly for defence of the Kingdom, the Volunteers were soon pressing their own protest against "taxation without representation". The metro area population of Belfast in 2020 was 631,000, a 0.64% increase from 2019. [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. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland & Wolff shipyard, which built the RMSTitanic, was the world's largest shipyard. On January 14 the Department of State designated Harakat Sawa'd Misr (HASM) as . Belfast elected 7 Sinn Fin, 5 DUP, 5 Alliance Party, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP and 1 PBPA MLAs. 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. Stena Line runs regular routes to Cairnryan in Scotland using its conventional vesselswith a crossing time of around 2 hours 15 minutes. 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. Ed. [ADD GENDER BREAKDOWN] 0. . The population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. [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. This comprised 3 DUP and 1 Sinn Fin. The statistics also show an increasingly diverse population across ethnic group, main language, country of birth and passports held. "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. [230], Belfast is home to over twenty Gaelic football and hurling clubs. [105] The Queen's Quarter in south Belfast is named after Queen's University. Belfast's 2023 population is now estimated at 696,537. A major visitor attraction, Titanic Belfast is a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard, opened on 31 March 2012. The proportion of the population with No religion ranges from 30.6% in Ards and North Down to 7.8% in Mid Ulster. 606km of data cables which laid end to end . [69], In 1994, a weir was built across the river by the Laganside Corporation to raise the average water level so that it would cover the unseemly mud flats which gave Belfast its name[70] (from Irish Bal Feirste'The sandy ford at the river mouth'). But it was with Scottish Presbyterians that the town was to grow as an industrial port. [8], The age demographics of Belfast is different to the rest of the constituent country, 18% were aged 0 to 14, 37% aged 15 to 39, 30% aged 40 to 64 and 15% aged 65 and above. [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 has two universities. [110] Plans include apartments, a riverside entertainment district, and a major Titanic-themed museum. Census 2021. [220][221] The Belfast Telegraph was bought by the Dublin-based Independent News & Media group in March 2000.[222]. The most prevalent main languages other than English were Polish (20,100 people), Lithuanian (9,000), Irish (6,000), Romanian (5,600) and Portuguese (5,000). The improvement scheme was completed five months ahead of schedule in February 2009, with the official opening taking place on 4 March 2009.[196]. "Mouth of the Farset" might be an alternative interpretation. The rebel tradesmen and tenant farmers were defeated north of the town at the Battle of Antrim and to the south at the Battle of Ballynahinch. 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