[29] Profits from the trade financed improvements in the town's commercial infrastructure, including the Lagan Canal, new docks and quays, and the construction of the White Linen Hall which together attracted to Belfast the linen trade that had formerly gone through Dublin. The minimum temperature at Aldergrove was 14.9C (5.2F), during December 2010. This comprised 3 DUP and 1 Sinn Fin. "The religious demography of Northern Ireland in part is driven by age structures," he said. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. There are 184 primary, secondary and grammar schools in the city. These materials are designed to help users make the most of census data. [39], In the spring of 1942, the German Luftwaffe appeared twice over Belfast. [118] The restaurant panels in the Crown Bar were originally made for Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic,[116] built in Belfast. [72] Superseded by the River Lagan as the more important river in the city, the Farset now languishes in obscurity, under High Street. That acted to increase the size of the Catholic population from 2011 to 2021. Many areas are still highly segregated along ethnic, political and religious lines, especially in working-class neighbourhoods. It gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and. NISRA released the first phase of main statistics from Census 2021 on 22 September 2022. It is likely Catholics will outnumber Protestants by 2021 in Northern Ireland, according to a leading academic. Mid Year Population Estimates Estimates of the. Belfast is home to one of the biggest ice hockey clubs in the United Kingdom, the Belfast Giants. 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. He said there was a "fair chance" that trend had continued and was also a contributory factor to the falling Protestant population recorded in the latest census. Sectarian tensions were heightened by movements to repeal the Acts of Union (which followed the 1798 rebellion) and to restore a Parliament in Dublin. [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]. On 25 October 2012 the stage 2 report for the York Street intersection was approved[197] and in December 2012 the planned upgrade moved into stage 3 of the development process. 2021 in Belfast, Northern . In 1864 and 1886 the issue had helped trigger deadly sectarian riots. 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. There are also many examples of Edwardian, such as the City Hall, to modern, such as the Waterfront Hall. [186], Power is provided from a number of power stations via NIE Networks Limited transmission lines. [64] Belfast is represented in both the British House of Commons and in the Northern Ireland Assembly. 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 [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. 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. This is up from 513,400 people (28.4%) in 2011. [107] Since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the nearby Lisburn Road has developed into the city's most exclusive shopping strip. In the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections in 2022, Belfast elected 20 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), 5 from each constituency. London had the next highest. 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 improvement scheme was completed five months ahead of schedule in February 2009, with the official opening taking place on 4 March 2009.[196]. 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. [52] The British Army, first deployed on the streets in August 1969, was also responsible for civilian deaths. 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%. [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. 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]. 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]. [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. Taking in Dublin Road, Great Victoria Street, Shaftesbury Square and Bradbury Place, it contains some of the best bars and restaurants in the city. [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. The mid-2021 population estimates are primarily based on the 2021 censuses (for England and Wales, and Northern Ireland). The City Hall was finished in 1906 and was built to reflect Belfast's city status, granted by Queen Victoria in 1888. Ed. Together with French Huguenot refugees, they introduced the production of linen, an industry that carried Belfast trade to the Americas. Plans to bring in additional water tariffs have been deferred by devolution in May 2007. 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. Our2022/23work planis available here. The visitors spent 285.2million, supporting more than 15,600 jobs. Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 00:22, communal violence in the city during partition, Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies), Northern Ireland Assembly Elections in 2022, List of tallest buildings and structures in Belfast, Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail, "Standard Area Measurements (2016) for Administrative Areas in the United Kingdom", "Where are the largest cities in Britain? Belfast has two universities. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. The city is the headquarters of BBC Northern Ireland, ITV station UTV and commercial radio stations Q Radio and U105. The college has over 53,000 students enrolled on full-time and part-time courses, making it one of the largest further education colleges in the UK and the largest in the island of Ireland. [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. The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is Northern Ireland's only full-time symphony orchestra and is well renowned in the United Kingdom. By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. Thesecond phase of main statistics results from Census 2021are now available. Belfast: A Profile of the City. Belfast households made slightly more than Hodgdonhouseholds ($55,804) and Richmondhouseholds ($55,878) . Read more: NI Census figures show Catholics outnumber Protestants for first time. 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. The metro area population of Belfast in 2021 was 635,000, a 0.63% increase from 2020. Bus and rail public transport in Northern Ireland is operated by subsidiaries of Translink. As with any modern economy, the service sector is vital to Northern Ireland's development and is enjoying excellent growth. The population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. [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. The share of the Northern Ireland population represented by people aged 65 years and over stood at 17.2% in 2021. The economy of Belfast, Northern Ireland was initially built on trade through Belfast Harbour.Later, industry contributed to its growth, particularly shipbuilding and linen. 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. As lords of Clandeboye, the O'Neill dynasty were the local Irish power. Today, Belfast is Northern Ireland's educational and commercial hub. [184] Rates in Belfast (and the rest of Northern Ireland) were reformed in April 2007. 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. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland & Wolff shipyard, which built the RMSTitanic, was the world's largest shipyard. [42], The cost was borne by the British Exchequer. The data, published on Thursday, focuses on main language, passports and national identity, which all points to an increasingly diverse population. [56], An enduring physical legacy of the conflict are the extensive "peace lines" (or "peace walls") that continue to separate loyalist from republican districts. 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. [143], The 2001 census recorded 81,650 people from Catholic backgrounds and 79,650 people from Protestant backgrounds of working age living in Belfast. Lloyd George, Parnell and Patrick Pearse all attended political rallies there. From 1990-2019 the percentage of white population has declined by over 6%. In the mid-17th century, Belfast exported beef, butter, hides, tallow and corn and it imported coal, cloth, wine, brandy, paper, timber and tobacco. When Swift was living at Lilliput Cottage near the bottom of Belfast's Limestone Road, he imagined that the Cavehill resembled the shape of a sleeping giant safeguarding the city. [126] In 2006, the City Council set aside 8million to continue this work. [143], This made it the fifteenth-largest city in the United Kingdom, but the eleventh-largest conurbation. [167] For several decades, Northern Ireland's fragile economy required significant public support from the British exchequer of up to 4billion per year.[167]. Information on Census 2021 in 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. The new hotels have helped to increase a further 1,000 bedrooms in the city. BBC Radio 4's World reported furthermore that despite higher levels of corporation tax in the UK than in the Republic. Rivers of Belfast". The Forest of Belfast is a partnership between government and local groups, set up in 1992 to manage and conserve the city's parks and open spaces. 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. 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. [181], Der Spiegel, a German weekly magazine for politics and economy, titled Belfast as The New Celtic Tiger which is "open for business".[182]. [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]. These include British only, Irish only, British and Northern Irish etc. Since 2001, boosted by increasing numbers of tourists, the city council has developed a number of cultural quarters. [160] It provided a market for the surrounding countryside and the natural inlet of Belfast Lough gave the city its own port. The statistics also show an increasingly diverse population across ethnic group, main language, country of birth and passports held. The population of Northern Ireland on census day, 21 March 2021, was 1,903,175. In November 2011, Belfast became the smallest city to host the MTV Europe Music Awards. [242], Ulster University, created in its current form in 1984, is a multi-centre university with a campus in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast. [163][164], Belfast harbour was dredged in 1845 to provide deeper berths for larger ships. 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. While the number of households in Northern Ireland was 768,810. Belfast City Council is the local council with responsibility for the city. The Giants have been league champions 6 times, most recently in the 202122 season. These statistics are also of interest to those involved in research & academia. Belfast was heavily bombed during World War II. Want the biggest political stories and analysis sent to you every week? 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. In 2021 the number of people with a white ethnic group was 1,837,600 (96.6% of the population). This group has increased in size from 2011 when 5.6% or 101,200 people were recorded in this way. Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm (excluding public, bank and all Northern Ireland government holidays). Belfast Zoo is owned by Belfast City Council. There are two independent cinemas in Belfast: the Queen's Film Theatre and the Strand Cinema, which host screenings during the Belfast Film Festival and the Belfast Festival at Queen's. [194] A 2005 survey of how people travel in Northern Ireland showed that people in Belfast made 77% of all journeys by car, 11% by public transport and 6% on foot. In particular, the region has a booming tourist industry with record levels of visitors and tourist revenues and has established itself as a significant location for call centres. Throughout the Troubles, Belfast artists continued to express themselves through poetry, art and music. Queen's University of Belfast is the main university in the city. "[181] [212], In 200405, art and cultural events in Belfast were attended by 1.8million people (400,000 more than the previous year). The Globalization and World Cities Research Network listed Belfast as a Gamma + global city in 2020. [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. The population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. [99] In 2008 a process was proposed for the removal of the 'peace walls'. 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. In 2007, Belfast saw house prices grow by 50%, the fastest rate of growth in the UK. [38] This period of communal violence (192022) was commonly referred to as the Belfast Pogrom. Yesterday at 16:01. [213] A combination of relative peace, international investment and an active promotion of arts and culture is attracting more tourists to Belfast than ever before. [176], Peace has boosted the numbers of tourists coming to Belfast. [8], 43% of Belfast has a UK passport only, 29% has a Republic of Ireland passport only, 6% has both UK and RoI (Republic of Ireland) passports, 8% have other passports and 14% have no passport. The total voting age population of Belfast, Maine, meaning US citizens 18 or older, is 5,400. The proportion of the population with No religion ranges from 30.6% in Ards and North Down to 7.8% in Mid Ulster. 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Belfast has a large port used for exporting and importing goods, and for passenger ferry services. 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. 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, . 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. [155] Almost half of those born outside the UK and Ireland live in south Belfast, where they comprise 9.5% of the population. For key statistics relating to population estimates, explore the population statistics dashboard. 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