[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. Ethnicity figures also show that the white population of Belfast has fallen from 97 per cent in 2011 to 93 per cent in 2021. 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 More than 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since the 1970s. Since 2001, boosted by increasing numbers of tourists, the city council has developed a number of cultural quarters. 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. [63] Since 1973 it has been a local government district under local administration by Belfast City Council. The provision of certain resources for these schools (for example, such as the provision of textbooks) is supported by the charitable organisation TACA. Bombing, assassination and street violence formed a backdrop to life throughout the Troubles. [65] The current Lord Mayor is Tina Black of Sinn Fin, while the Deputy Lord Mayor is Michelle Kelly of the Alliance Party. Belfast elected 7 Sinn Fin, 5 DUP, 5 Alliance Party, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP and 1 PBPA MLAs. 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. 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. Conservationists are celebrating a bumper year for barn owls in Northern Ireland. Generally, population statistics are available disaggregated by age and sex with information also available for a wide range of administrative and statistical geographies. 2021 Foreign Terrorist Organization/Executive Order 13224 Group Designations. From 1990-2019 the percentage of white population has declined by over 6%. The Northern Ireland usually resident population increased by 5.1% (92,300) from 2011 to 2021. The plentiful supply of cheap labour helped attract English and Scottish capital to Belfast, but it was also a cause of insecurity. The second phase of main statistics results from Census 202 1 are now available. [40], At the end of World War II, the Unionist Government undertook programmes of "slum clearance" (the Blitz had exposed the "uninhabitable" condition of much of the city's housing) which involved decanting populations out of mill and factory, and constructing terraced streets into new peripheral housing estates. Two community radio stations, Blast 106 and Irish-language station Raidi Filte, broadcast to the city from west Belfast, as does Queen's Radio, a student-run radio station which broadcasts from Queen's University Students' Union. In 2019 there was also an increase in black, Hispanic, and other non-white races. Belfast saw further severe violence and numerous bombings during the thirty years of the Troubles, c.19691998, and parts of the city remain segregated between Catholics and Protestants. What percentage of Belfast, Maine residents are senior citizens? [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 majority of the animals are in danger in their natural habitat. Conversely the coldest night of the year averages 6.9C (19.6F)[88] (or 1.9C [3.4F] lower than Stormont) and 39 nights should register an air frost. This comprised 3 DUP and 1 Sinn Fin. The total voting age population of Belfast, Maine, meaning US citizens 18 or older, is 5,400. 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. [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. 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). [27] Chichester also had Belfast Castle rebuilt at this time. [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. The first Lord Mayor of Belfast was Daniel Dixon, who was elected in 1892. The architecture of the Grand Opera House has an oriental theme and was completed in 1895. At the 2021 census, the prevalence rates for the main religions were: Catholic (42 per cent); Presbyterian (16 per cent); Church of Ireland (11.5 per cent); Methodist (2.4 per cent); Other Christian or Christian-related denominations (6.9 per cent); other Religions and Philosophies (1.3 per cent); those declaring no religion (17.4 per cent) and Belfast was heavily bombed during World War II. 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. [10] The sandbar formed at the confluence (at present-day Donegall Quay) of two rivers: the Lagan, which flows into Belfast Lough, and the Farset, a tributary of the Lagan. In addition 17.4% had No religion, a marked increase on 2011 of 10.1% and points to the increased secularisation of our population. [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 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]. FACT In 2017, the Belfast Interface Project published a study entitled "Interface Barriers, Peacelines & Defensive Architecture" that identified 97 separate walls, barriers and interfaces in Belfast. [77] The absolute maximum temperature at the weather station at Stormont is 29.7C (85.5F), set during July 1983. A consequence of this northern latitude is that it both endures short winter days and enjoys long summer evenings. Belfast has four teams in rugby's All-Ireland League: Belfast Harlequins in Division 1B; and Instonians, Queen's University and Malone in Division 2A. [28], Reluctant to let valuable crop go to seed, flax growers and linen merchants benefited from a three-way exchange. But it was with Scottish Presbyterians that the town was to grow as an industrial port. Among the city's grandest buildings are two former banks: Ulster Bank in Waring Street (built in 1860) and Northern Bank, in nearby Donegall Street (built in 1769). This increasing diversity is evident to a greater or lesser degree across all 11 local councils. Apart from London, this was the greatest loss of life in a night raid during the Blitz. 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. This service is known as the Belfast Suburban Rail system. Information on the assurance mechanisms for Census 2021. On Census Day 27 March 2011, in Belfast Local Government District (2014), considering the resident population: Respondents could indicate more than one national identity. 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. 2018-based Population Projections for Northern Ireland. There are "huge amounts" of foreign investment coming into the country. 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. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. [8], In 2021, 51% of the population was female while 49% was male. "[211] According to The Guardian the bid may have been undermined by the city's history and volatile politics. [243], Belfast Metropolitan College is a large further education college with three main campuses around the city, including several smaller buildings. [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. During the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, local sunset is before 16:00 while sunrise is around 08:45. The Giants have been league champions 6 times, most recently in the 202122 season. [193] Other hospitals in Belfast include the Mater Hospital in north Belfast and the Children's Hospital. The city's elected officials are the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Deputy Lord Mayor and High Sheriff who are elected from among 60 councillors. Numerous events take place throughout including festivals such as Rose Week and special activities such as bird watching evenings and great beast hunts. 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The population of Northern Ireland on census day, 21 March 2021, was 1,903,175. - British & Northern Irish 151,300 people or 8% of our population. 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. [170] Over 60 conferences took place that year with 30,000 people helping contribute to a record 45million pounds for the local economy. Further emboldened by the French Revolution, a more radical element in the town, the United Irishmen, called for Catholic emancipation and an independent representative government for the country. [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. It gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. [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]. [117] Work has started on the taller Obel Tower, which already surpasses the height of Windsor House in its unfinished state. Over 2.2million passengers flew between Belfast and London in 2009.[205]. [60][61] As the target date of 2023 approaches, only a small number have been dismantled.[62]. However, 12.2% of Belfast families live in poverty. The mid-2021 population estimates are primarily based on the 2021 censuses (for England and Wales, and Northern Ireland). Between 1845 and 1849 the Great Famine devastated the overall population of Ireland, causing. [53], During the 1970s and 1980s Belfast was one of the world's most dangerous cities. In the period since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, Belfast has begun a social, economic and cultural transformation giving it a growing international cultural reputation. [190] It also provides the city's specialist neurosurgical, ophthalmology, ENT, and dentistry services. [178] The city's two airports have helped make the city one of the most visited weekend destinations in Europe. 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. 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%. To sign up to our FREE newsletters, see here. Northern Ireland's population is divided between mostly-Protestant Unionists, who want to maintain Northern Ireland's status as part of the United Kingdom, . They are widely used to express other statistics as a rate and thus enable comparisons across the United Kingdom and other countries. Bank Street in the city centre referred to the river bank and Bridge Street was named for the site of an early Farset bridge. In 1864 and 1886 the issue had helped trigger deadly sectarian riots. . The metro area population of Belfast in 2021 was 635,000, a 0.63% increase from 2020. 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. Belfast is linked directly to Coleraine, Portrush and Derry. Shows filmed at The Paint Hall include the film City of Ember (2008) and HBO's Game of Thrones series (beginning in late 2009). The metro area population of Edinburgh in 2021 was 543,000, a 1.12% increase from 2020. Minority ethnic groups have increased in size and the number of people living here born outside the UK and Ireland is up to around one person in 15, the highest ever recorded. [210] In 2003, Belfast had an unsuccessful bid for the 2008 European Capital of Culture. Population growth was proportionately greatest in Lisburn and Castlereagh with 149,100 people in 2021, up 10.6% from 2011. Temperature extremes here have slightly more variability due to the more inland location. However, the establishment of the Shaw's Road Gaeltacht community has inspired use of the language across Northern Ireland. The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is Northern Ireland's only full-time symphony orchestra and is well renowned in the United Kingdom. The Belfast Marathon is run annually on May Day, and attracted 20,000 participants in 2011. 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. In contrast, 15.9% or 302,200 people did not hold a passport. Opposite but comparatively high levels are seen in the predominantly Protestant east Belfast. 15,000 - the number of staff and students we will welcome through the new campus- equivalent to the population of Armagh. 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. Introduced in 2018, it is a bus rapid transit system linking East Belfast, West Belfast and the Titanic Quarter from the City Centre. 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. [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 Zoo is owned by Belfast City Council. "The converse is true for the Protestant population. Information about the range of administrative data sources used in the production of population and migration statistics. [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. [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'). Since the ending of the region's conflict tourism has boomed in Northern Ireland, greatly aided by low cost. [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. That acted to increase the size of the Catholic population from 2011 to 2021. Broadcasting only over the Internet is Homely Planet, the Cultural Radio Station for Northern Ireland, supporting community relations.[223]. 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. 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. [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. [201], In April 2008, the Department for Regional Development reported on a plan for a light-rail system, similar to that in Dublin. [57][58] They divide communities that account for 14 of the 20 most deprived wards in Northern Ireland. Some 24 chicks fledged from eight known breeding pairs - a 500% increase in chicks from 2021 - according to . 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 [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'. 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. Segregation has been present throughout the history of Belfast but has been maintained and increased by each outbreak of violence in the city. [68], Short Brothers plc is a British aerospace company based in Belfast. Taking in Dublin Road, Great Victoria Street, Shaftesbury Square and Bradbury Place, it contains some of the best bars and restaurants in the city. Including the Waterfront Hall and the Odyssey Arena, Belfast has several other venues for performing arts. [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. A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s. [253], In 2018, six hotels were opened, with the biggest in Northern Ireland, the 53million Grand Central Hotel Belfast officially open to the public. 41.21% had no or low (Level 1*) qualifications. [24] The mainly English and Manx settlers took Anglican communion at Corporation Church on the quay-side end of High Street. 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. Belfast's population is evenly split between its Protestant and Catholic residents. Many areas are still highly segregated along ethnic, political and religious lines, especially in working-class neighbourhoods. 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. The same year, 80,000 people participated in culture and other arts activities, twice as many as in 200304. This escalation in segregation, described as a "ratchet effect", has shown little sign of decreasing. Telephone: +44 (0)300 200 7836. [116], A legacy of the Troubles are the many 'peace lines' or 'peace walls' that still act as barriers to reinforce ethno-sectarian residential segregation in the city. Public outrage, however, defeated the proposal of the greatest of the merchant houses, Cunningham and Greg, to commission ships for the Middle Passage.[30]. Belfast has a high concentration of Irish-speakers. Something went wrong, please try again later. Until 2011 the route went to Stranraer and used inter alia a HSS (High Speed Service) vesselwith a crossing time of around 90 minutes. With Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitrona Balfe, Jamie Dornan. "Clearly, in part that's driven by the impact of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union in 2016. 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. [104] Windsor House, 262ft (80m) high, has 23 floors and is the second tallest building (as distinct from structure) in Ireland. 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. . [111][112] The district of Ballyhackamore has even acquired the name "Ballysnackamore" due to the preponderance of dining establishments in the area.[113]. 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. 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. Sectarian tensions were heightened by movements to repeal the Acts of Union (which followed the 1798 rebellion) and to restore a Parliament in Dublin. 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. Belfast is at the western end of Belfast Lough and at the mouth of the River Lagan giving it the ideal location for the shipbuilding industry that once made it famous. Colourpoint Books. 5.23% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and. 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]. A seasonal sailing to Douglas, Isle of Man is operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Census 2021. 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. 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%. 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. 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