Yesterday at 16:01. 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. The Belfast Marathon is run annually on May Day, and attracted 20,000 participants in 2011. [27] Chichester also had Belfast Castle rebuilt at this time. Belfast: A Profile of the City. [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. - British & Northern Irish 151,300 people or 8% of our population. [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]. Belfast has a large port used for exporting and importing goods, and for passenger ferry services. The study found that bus-based rapid transit produces positive economic results, but light rail does not. 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. 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. [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. He added that the surge in the number of people holding Irish passports was influenced by Brexit. [152][153], Ethnic minority communities have been in Belfast since the 1930s. 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. 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. The Jordanstown campus, just seven miles (11km) from Belfast city centre concentrates on engineering, health and social science. [212], In 200405, art and cultural events in Belfast were attended by 1.8million people (400,000 more than the previous year). By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. [218] Oceanographer Robert Ballard said he favored this bid since it would ensure that the memorabilia would be permanently displayed in Belfast (where the Titanic was built) and in Greenwich. According to the latest census statistics, 26.2% of the residents of Belfast are 65 or older. It also has a major aerospace industry. Something went wrong, please try again later. The Northern Ireland usually resident population increased by 5.1% (92,300) from 2011 to 2021. [54] In all, over 1,600 people were killed in political violence in the city between 1969 and 2001. In the 2019 UK general election, the DUP lost two of their seats in Belfast; to Sinn Fin in North Belfast and to the SDLP in South Belfast. This group has increased in size from 2011 when 5.6% or 101,200 people were recorded in this way. [75] The Castlereagh Hills overlook the city on the southeast. While the number of households in Northern Ireland was 768,810. Developments include Victoria Square, the Cathedral Quarter, and the Laganside with the Odyssey complex and the landmark Waterfront Hall. [178] The city's two airports have helped make the city one of the most visited weekend destinations in Europe. For elections to the European Parliament, Belfast was within the Northern Ireland constituency. Belfast: Directed by Kenneth Branagh. 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). Among surviving elements of the early pre-Victorian town are the Belfast Entries, 17th-century alleyways off High Street, including, in Winecellar's Entry, White's Tavern (rebuilt 1790); the First Presbyterian (Non-Subscribing) Church (178183) in Rosemary Street (whose members led the abolitionist charge against Greg and Cunningham);[34] St George's Church of Ireland (1816) on the High Street site of the old Corporation Church; and the oldest public building in Belfast, Clifton House (177174), the Belfast Charitable Society poorhouse on North Queen Street.[35]. 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. There are other factors as well but those are the two key things.". 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. Temperature extremes here have slightly more variability due to the more inland location. 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. 2,731 steps which if climbed twice a week would be equal to climbing Slieve Donard. 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. [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. . 5.23% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and. [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. [167] For several decades, Northern Ireland's fragile economy required significant public support from the British exchequer of up to 4billion per year.[167]. The population of Northern Ireland on census day, 21 March 2021, was 1,903,175. 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. Course provision is broad biomedical sciences, environmental science and geography, psychology, business, the humanities and languages, film and journalism, travel and tourism, teacher training and computing are among the campus strengths. Formerly known as Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education, it specialises in vocational education. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. [41] Road construction schemes, including the terminus of the M1 and the Westlink severed the streets linking north and west Belfast to the city centre, for example the dockland community of Sailortown. From 1990-2019 the percentage of white population has declined by over 6%. The population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. "[211] According to The Guardian the bid may have been undermined by the city's history and volatile politics. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Demography of Belfast . 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. Bank Street in the city centre referred to the river bank and Bridge Street was named for the site of an early Farset bridge. [195] It showed that Belfast has 0.70 cars per household compared to figures of 1.18 in the East and 1.14 in the West of Northern Ireland. [125], Belfast has over forty public parks. [24] In 1616, after the Nine Years' War, the last of the local line, Conn O'Neill (remembered in Connswater River),[25] was forced to sell their remaining stronghold, the Grey Castle or Castle Reagh (An Caislen Riabhach in Irish)[26] in the hills to the east of Belfast, together with surrounding lands, to English and Scottish adventurers. Median Age The median age for Belfast residents is 60.1 years young. The zoo is one of the top visitor attractions in Northern Ireland, receiving more than 295,000 visitors a year. [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. BELFAST BT9 5RR. FACT The Ulster University also maintains a campus in the city, which concentrates on fine art, design and architecture. [203][204], The city has two airports: Belfast International Airport offering, domestic, European and international flights such as Orlando operated seasonally by Virgin Atlantic. In 2021 there were 92,500 people resident in Northern Ireland (or 4.9% of our population) who held a non-UK/Ireland passport only. [149], These zones Catholic/republican on one side and Protestant/loyalist on the other are invariably marked by flags, graffiti and murals. The Belfast Health & Social Care Trust is one of five trusts that were created on 1 April 2007 by the Department of Health. Apart from London, this was the greatest loss of life in a night raid during the Blitz. Belfast was successful in attracting many conferencing events, both national and international, to the city in 2018. The facility comprises four stages of 16,000 square feet (1,500m2). The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is Northern Ireland's only full-time symphony orchestra and is well renowned in the United Kingdom. [142] These two distinct cultural communities have both contributed significantly to the city's culture. [38] This period of communal violence (1920-22) was commonly referred to as the Belfast Pogrom . [55], During the Troubles the Europa Hotel suffered 36 bomb attacks becoming known as "the most bombed hotel in the world". In Belfast, the changes are 'striking': the report describes it as a 'shared city, where the Catholic population is younger and more confident'. The total population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021, an increase of 3.5%. The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. Figures from 2016 of working age population. [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. Ethnicity figures also show that the white population of Belfast has fallen from 97 per cent in 2011 to 93 per cent in 2021. The Belfast Liverpool route is the busiest domestic flight route in the UK excluding London with 555,224 passengers in 2009. [8], Similarly to the trend across all of Northern Ireland, the Protestant population within the city has been in decline, while the non-religious, other religious and Catholic population has risen. [170] Information on Census 2021 in Northern Ireland. A decision as to the outcome was to be made by a United States district court judge. [172] Over the past 10 years employment has grown by 16.4%, compared with 9.2% for the UK as a whole. The current club president is Irish-language enthusiast Linda Ervine who comes from a unionist background in the area. [118] The restaurant panels in the Crown Bar were originally made for Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic,[116] built in Belfast. Formed ostensibly for defence of the Kingdom, the Volunteers were soon pressing their own protest against "taxation without representation". Read more: NI Census figures show Catholics outnumber Protestants for first time. This is up from 513,400 people (28.4%) in 2011. [147], As with many cities, Belfast's inner city is currently characterised by the elderly, students and single young people, while families tend to live on the periphery. 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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[246], Belfast is one of the most visited cities in the UK,[247] and the second most visited on the island of Ireland. Black taxis are common in the city, operating on a share basis in some areas. Other major developments include the regeneration of the Titanic Quarter, and the erection of the Obel Tower, a skyscraper set to be the tallest tower on the island. London had the next highest. 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. Check out the Belfast Official Trailer starring Jamie Dornan and Caitriona Balfe! On the day he was buried in the city, 100,000 people lined the route from his home on the Cregagh Road to Roselawn cemetery. Generally, population statistics are available disaggregated by age and sex with information also available for a wide range of administrative and statistical geographies. Next release On 21 March 2023, NISRA will publish. Queries relating to Census 2021 in Northern Ireland should be directed to the Census Customer Services. [28], Reluctant to let valuable crop go to seed, flax growers and linen merchants benefited from a three-way exchange. 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%. On January 14 the Department of State designated Harakat Sawa'd Misr (HASM) as . Information on consultations and the planning of the 2021 Census in Northern 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. A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s. In 1864 and 1886 the issue had helped trigger deadly sectarian riots. Belfast expanded very rapidly from being a market town to becoming an industrial city during the course of the 19th century. 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. There were 6.4million visitors in 2005, which was a growth of 8.5% from 2004. The first Lord Mayor of Belfast was Daniel Dixon, who was elected in 1892. Queen's University of Belfast is the main university in the city. U2, Van Morrison, Snow Patrol, Simple Minds, Elton John, Rogue Male, Katie Melua, Boney M, Paul Muldoon, Stiff Little Fingers, Nanci Griffith, Glenn Patterson, Orbital, James Taylor, Fun Boy Three, Spandau Ballet, The Police, Barnbrack, Gary Moore, Neon Neon, Toxic Waste, Energy Orchard, and Billy Bragg. 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. Second World War [ edit] Main article: Belfast 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. [106] The Golden Mile is the name given to the mile between Belfast City Hall and Queen's University. [8], In 2021, 51% of the population was female while 49% was male. [225], Belfast has several notable sports teams playing a diverse variety of sports such as football, Gaelic games, rugby, cricket, and ice hockey. The other hotels included AC Marriot, Hampton By Hilton, EasyHotel, Maldron Belfast City Centre and Flint. [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. [6] By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. [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 city is served by two airports: The George Best Belfast City Airport adjacent to Belfast Lough and Belfast International Airport which is near Lough Neagh. Projections 400,000 450,000 500,000 550,000 600,000 Population 554,000 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". [130] Other attractions in the park include the Tropical Ravine, a humid jungle glen built in 1889, rose gardens and public events ranging from live opera broadcasts to pop concerts. The data, published on Thursday, focuses on main language, passports and national identity, which all points to an increasingly diverse population. [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. Belfast has a high concentration of Irish-speakers. The Giants play in the 10-team professional Elite Ice Hockey League which is the top league in the United Kingdom. The population was just under 1.4 million in 1821 and grew to 1.7 million in the next twenty years. 25.56% had a degree or higher qualification; while. [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. [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. Stena Line runs regular routes to Cairnryan in Scotland using its conventional vesselswith a crossing time of around 2 hours 15 minutes. 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, . 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. Let us know what you think in the comments below. 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). [121] The Ulster Hall (18591862) was originally designed for grand dances but is now used primarily as a concert and sporting venue. The average household size decreased across all 11 local councils. Belfast elected 7 Sinn Fin, 5 DUP, 5 Alliance Party, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP and 1 PBPA MLAs. Bombing, assassination and street violence formed a backdrop to life throughout the Troubles. [155] The majority of the estimated 5,000 Muslims[157] and 200 Hindu families[158] living in Northern Ireland live in the Greater Belfast area. Belfast has grown by 4,186 in the last year, which represents a 0.6% annual change. One of the offers was by a group including the National Maritime Museum and National Museums Northern Ireland, with assistance by James Cameron. In terms of passports, almost 60% of people had a British passport while just over 20% had an Irish one. The IRA ceasefire in 1994 and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 have given investors increased confidence to invest in Belfast. 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 metro area population of Belfast in 2021 was 635,000, a 0.63% increase from 2020. [199] These are outnumbered by private hire taxis. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland. 41.21% had no or low (Level 1*) qualifications. [177] Visitor numbers rose by 6% to reach 6.8million in 2006, with tourists spending 324million, an increase of 15% on 2005. The number of people who are British only is down from 722,400 in 2011 to 606,300 in 2021. 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. National Cycle Route 9 to Newry,[208] which will eventually connect with Dublin,[209] starts in Belfast. [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. 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. 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 . Over 2.2million passengers flew between Belfast and London in 2009.[205]. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. Rivers of Belfast". The council spends 1.5million every year on running and promoting the zoo, which is one of the few local government-funded zoos in the UK and Ireland. British Business Bank report reveals external finance among Northern Ireland smaller businesses increased significantly from 45% during Q3 2021 to 56% in Q3 2022, the only UK region to see a rise [60][61] As the target date of 2023 approaches, only a small number have been dismantled.[62]. Including the Waterfront Hall and the Odyssey Arena, Belfast has several other venues for performing arts. [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'. To sign up to our FREE newsletters, see here. 2021 in Belfast, Northern . 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. [210] In 2003, Belfast had an unsuccessful bid for the 2008 European Capital of Culture. 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. This was made up of:. The minimum temperature at Aldergrove was 14.9C (5.2F), during December 2010. 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. [111][112] The district of Ballyhackamore has even acquired the name "Ballysnackamore" due to the preponderance of dining establishments in the area.[113]. This escalation in segregation, described as a "ratchet effect", has shown little sign of decreasing. When early in the American War of Independence, Belfast Lough was raided by the privateer John Paul Jones, the townspeople assembled their own Volunteer militia. In what the Unionist government understood as its reward for wartime service, London had agreed that parity in taxation between Northern Ireland and Great Britain should be matched by parity in the services delivered. [89] Some 13 more frosty nights than Stormont. [145] An area of deprivation is found in the inner parts of the north and west of the city. Belfast was granted borough status by James VI and I in 1613 and official city status by Queen Victoria in 1888. One of Northern Ireland's two community TV stations, NvTv, is based in the Cathedral Quarter of the city. 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. Belfast is still a port with commercial and industrial docks, including the Harland & Wolff shipyard, dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline. Just over 3% of our population, or 65,600 people, now belong to ethnic minority groups, around double the 2011 figure of 1.8% or 32,400 people and four times the 2001 figure (0.8% or 14,300 people). 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]. [183] The rest of the city's water is sourced from Lough Neagh, via Dunore Water Treatment Works in County Antrim. [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. 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. [43] In addition to the public construction, this provided for universal health care, comprehensive social security, and "revolutionised access" to secondary and further education. Mid Year Population Estimates Estimates of the. In the latest Census, 814,600 people (42.8%) living here identified solely or along with other national identities as British, down from 876,600 people (48.4%) in 2011. Belfast saw the worst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, with nearly half of the total deaths in the conflict occurring in the city. 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. guardianship annual report oklahoma, breaking news scottsdale today,
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