[142] These two distinct cultural communities have both contributed significantly to the city's culture. 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. [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. 21 October 2019. Over the decade population increase was greatest in the older age groups. He added that the surge in the number of people holding Irish passports was influenced by Brexit. [128], With an average of 670,000 visitors per year between 2007 and 2011, one of the most popular parks is Botanic Gardens[129] in the Queen's Quarter. 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 For key statistics relating to population estimates, explore the population statistics dashboard. The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. 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. Belfast is situated on Northern Ireland's eastern coast at 543549N 055545W / 54.59694N 5.92917W / 54.59694; -5.92917. 25.56% had a degree or higher qualification; while. [12][13] This area became the hub around which the original settlement developed. Generally, population statistics are available disaggregated by age and sex with information also available for a wide range of administrative and statistical geographies. [107] Since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the nearby Lisburn Road has developed into the city's most exclusive shopping strip. Belfast has grown by 4,186 in the last year, which represents a 0.6% annual change. In 2021, the median household income of Belfast households was $55,900. NISRA released the first phase of main statistics from Census 2021 on 22 September 2022. On Census Day 27 March 2011, in Belfast Local Government District (2014), considering the resident population: Respondents could indicate more than one national identity. In one raid, in 1941, German bombers killed around one thousand people and left tens of thousands homeless. In 2011, English was not the main language of 3.1% (54,500 people). Civil unrest impacted the city's industry for many years, but with the . 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. BBC Radio 4's World reported furthermore that despite higher levels of corporation tax in the UK than in the Republic. Belfast: A Profile of the City. 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 U.K. ranks number 21 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. Colourpoint Books. The Royal Courts of Justice in Chichester Street are home to Northern Ireland's Supreme Court. Liverpool University Press. [143], The 2001 census recorded 81,650 people from Catholic backgrounds and 79,650 people from Protestant backgrounds of working age living in Belfast. 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? In total, 1,484,700 people (78%) held a single passport and 116,300 people (6.1%) held more than one passport. The voting age population is 42.4% male and 57.6% female. The population was just under 1.4 million in 1821 and grew to 1.7 million in the next twenty years. The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. [71], The River Farset is also named after this silt deposit (from the Irish feirste meaning "sand spit"). [146] The population density in 2011 was 24.88 people/hectare (compared to 1.34 for the rest of Northern Ireland). [125], Belfast has over forty public parks. Download Historical Data Save as Image From: To: Zoom: Historical U.N. 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. [64] Belfast is represented in both the British House of Commons and in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Next release On 21 March 2023, NISRA will publish. [245] In 2006, this board became part of the Education Authority for Northern Ireland. [9], The name Belfast derives from the Irish Bal Feirsde, later spelt Bal Feirste (Irish pronunciation:[bel f()t]). [174] In March 2007, the average house in Belfast cost 91,819, with the average in south Belfast being 141,000. 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. Belfast remained a small settlement of little importance during the Middle Ages. [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. One of the offers was by a group including the National Maritime Museum and National Museums Northern Ireland, with assistance by James Cameron. 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. [172] Over the past 10 years employment has grown by 16.4%, compared with 9.2% for the UK as a whole. The largest groups were Mixed Ethnicities (14,400), Black (11,000), Indian (9,900), Chinese (9,500), and Filipino (4,500). 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. Figures from 2016 of working age population. [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. The consultants said Belfast does not have the population to support a light rail system, suggesting that investment in bus-based rapid transit would be preferable. The proportion of the population with No religion ranges from 30.6% in Ards and North Down to 7.8% in Mid Ulster. [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. Estimates of the population of Northern Ireland as of 30 June each year by age and sex. 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 Belfast Health & Social Care Trust is one of five trusts that were created on 1 April 2007 by the Department of Health. There are currently five weather observing stations in the Belfast area: Helen's Bay, Stormont, Newforge, Castlereagh, and Ravenhill Road. Proportionately the fastest growing group is people with other national identities - typically identities from outside UK and Ireland. The team currently plays in the Down Senior County League.[233]. The report by Atkins & KPMG, however, said there would be the option of migrating to light rail in the future should the demand increase. This was made up of:. All councils are more secular in 2021 than they were ten years ago. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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. Indeed, the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin has indicated additional demand for passports from people living here in Northern Ireland," he said. Mid Year Population Estimates Estimates of the. The Coleraine campus, about 55mi (89km) from Belfast city centre concentrates on a broad range of subjects. In 1919, workers in all three cities struck for a ten-hour reduction in the working week. Median Age The median age for Belfast residents is 60.1 years young. In February 2006, Belfast's unemployment rate stood at 4.2%, lower than both the Northern Ireland[171] and the UK average of 5.5%. The data, published on Thursday, focuses on main language, passports and national identity, which all points to an increasingly diverse population. 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). It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom[5] and the second-largest in Ireland. Weather station is located 2.5 miles (4.0km) from the Belfast city centre. London 10 M. Manchester 3 M Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland & Wolff shipyard, which built the RMSTitanic, was the world's largest shipyard. Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm (excluding public, bank and all Northern Ireland government holidays). [154] The largest groups are Poles, Chinese and Indians.[155][156]. [ADD GENDER BREAKDOWN] 0. . [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. [254] 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. To sign up to our FREE newsletters, see here. Named after RMS Titanic, which was built here in 1912,[68] work has begun which promises to transform some former shipyard land into "one of the largest waterfront developments in Europe". 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. 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. Rivers of Belfast". 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. 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]. By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. 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. It is likely Catholics will outnumber Protestants by 2021 in Northern Ireland, according to a leading academic. 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. 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. The bid was run by an independent company, Imagine Belfast, who boasted that it would "make Belfast the meeting place of Europe's legends, where the meaning of history and belief find a home and a sanctuary from caricature, parody and oblivion. On average, it was older 10 years ago and what we've found is that there's more deaths than births in the Protestant population, and that acts to bring the Protestant population down in number. The minimum temperature at Aldergrove was 14.9C (5.2F), during December 2010. [84] The lowest temperature to occur in recent years was 8.8C (16.2F) on 22 December 2010.[85]. In 1997, unionists lost overall control of Belfast City Council for the first time in its history, with the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland gaining the balance of power between nationalists and unionists. Public outrage, however, defeated the proposal of the greatest of the merchant houses, Cunningham and Greg, to commission ships for the Middle Passage.[30]. Although BT derives from Belfast, the BT postcode area extends across the whole of Northern Ireland.[103]. [161] It was not until industry transformed the linen and shipbuilding trades that the economy and the population boomed. 11,000 Sprinkler heads. [104] Windsor House, 262ft (80m) high, has 23 floors and is the second tallest building (as distinct from structure) in Ireland. This was followed by the drilling and eventual arming of a 100,000-strong Ulster Volunteer Force. Belfast saw the worst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, with nearly half of the total deaths in the conflict occurring in the city. Conservationists are celebrating a bumper year for barn owls in Northern Ireland. It had a population of 345,418 in 2021[update].[2]. 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. [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. [254], There is a tourist information centre located at Donegall Square North.[255]. In 1932, the devolved parliament for the region was housed in new buildings at Stormont on the eastern edge of the city. Belfast is linked directly to Coleraine, Portrush and Derry. 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. 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. Email: info@nisra.gov.uk. Want the biggest political stories and analysis sent to you every week? Belfast was granted borough status by James VI and I in 1613 and official city status by Queen Victoria in 1888. Ranging in length from a few hundred metres to over 5 kilometres, the security barriers have increased both in height and number since 1998. 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. [251], Belfast City Council is currently investing into the complete redevelopment of the Titanic Quarter, which is planned to consist of apartments, hotels, and a riverside entertainment district. 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%. Information on the assurance mechanisms for Census 2021. 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". In 2019 there was also an increase in black, Hispanic, and other non-white races. 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. [10][11] The name therefore translates literally as "(river) mouth of the sandbar" or "(river) mouth of the ford". [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'. The Times wrote about Belfast's growing economy: "According to the region's development agency, throughout the 1990s Northern Ireland had the fastest-growing regional economy in the UK, with GDP increasing 1 per cent per annum faster than the rest of the country. 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