Belfast City Council takes part in the twinning scheme,[256] and is twinned with the following sister cities: The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City of Belfast. In 2007, Belfast saw house prices grow by 50%, the fastest rate of growth in the UK. For the first time ever, there are more people from a Catholic background than Protestant The proportion of the resident population, either Catholic or brought up Catholic, is 45.7% compared to 43.48% Protestant. As lords of Clandeboye, the O'Neill dynasty were the local Irish power. Belfast's population is evenly split between its Protestant and Catholic residents. All four extend beyond the city boundaries to include parts of Castlereagh, Lisburn and Newtownabbey districts. [212], In 200405, art and cultural events in Belfast were attended by 1.8million people (400,000 more than the previous year). The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. But it was with Scottish Presbyterians that the town was to grow as an industrial port. Belfast remained a small settlement of little importance during the Middle Ages. The Belfast Liverpool route is the busiest domestic flight route in the UK excluding London with 555,224 passengers in 2009. 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. This increasing diversity is evident to a greater or lesser degree across all 11 local councils. This is up from 513,400 people (28.4%) in 2011. These statistics are also of interest to those involved in research & academia. As Northern Ireland's capital city, Belfast is host to the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont, the site of the devolved legislature for Northern Ireland. [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 visitors spent 285.2million, supporting more than 15,600 jobs. In a demonstration of their resolve not to submit to a Dublin parliament, in 1912 Belfast City Hall unionists presented the Ulster Covenant, which, with an associated Declaration for women, was to accumulate over 470,000 signatures. [8], 84% of Belfast was born within Northern Ireland, 4% within England, less than 1% for Scotland and Wale, 2% within the Republic of Ireland and 10% from other countries. The voting age population is 42.4% male and 57.6% female. [152][153], Ethnic minority communities have been in Belfast since the 1930s. There are currently five weather observing stations in the Belfast area: Helen's Bay, Stormont, Newforge, Castlereagh, and Ravenhill Road. The census data also showed that the population continued to age. [132] Rose Week in July each year features over 20,000 blooms. [110] Plans include apartments, a riverside entertainment district, and a major Titanic-themed museum. Belfast's two MPs remained nominees of the Chichesters (Marquesses of Donegall). Today, Belfast is Northern Ireland's educational and commercial hub. BBC Radio 4's World reported furthermore that despite higher levels of corporation tax in the UK than in the Republic. [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'). 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. Segregation has been present throughout the history of Belfast but has been maintained and increased by each outbreak of violence in the city. [161] It was not until industry transformed the linen and shipbuilding trades that the economy and the population boomed. 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. The Coleraine campus, about 55mi (89km) from Belfast city centre concentrates on a broad range of subjects. Belfast households made slightly more than Hodgdonhouseholds ($55,804) and Richmondhouseholds ($55,878) . On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Belfast Local Government District was 333,871 accounting for 18.44% of the NI total. 2018-based Population Projections for Northern Ireland. Belfast is still a port with commercial and industrial docks, including the Harland & Wolff shipyard, dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline. However, the establishment of the Shaw's Road Gaeltacht community has inspired use of the language across Northern Ireland. 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 industrial estate and docklands BT3. [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. Belfast's 2023 population is now estimated at 696,537. The 2001 census population in the same Urban Area had fallen to 277,391[142] people, with 579,554 people living in the wider Belfast Metropolitan Area. [10][11] The name therefore translates literally as "(river) mouth of the sandbar" or "(river) mouth of the ford". The Belfast campus has a specific focus on Art and Design and Architecture, and is currently undergoing major redevelopment. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Demography of Belfast . [236] Belfast was heavily bombed during World War II. [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. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom[5] and the second-largest in Ireland. [184] The citizens of Belfast pay for their water in their rates bill. [199] These are outnumbered by private hire taxis. [7] Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration,[8] made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. Some 24 chicks fledged from eight known breeding pairs - a 500% increase in chicks from 2021 . [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. [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. 41.21% had no or low (Level 1*) qualifications. Information on the assurance mechanisms for Census 2021. 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. [160] It provided a market for the surrounding countryside and the natural inlet of Belfast Lough gave the city its own port. Mid Year Population Estimates. [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 metro area population of Belfast in 2021 was 635,000, a 0.63% increase from 2020. On census day 2021, there were 768,810 occupied households in Northern Ireland, up 9.3% from the 703,275 recorded ten years earlier. The Royal Courts of Justice in Chichester Street are home to Northern Ireland's Supreme Court. [242], Ulster University, created in its current form in 1984, is a multi-centre university with a campus in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast. With Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitrona Balfe, Jamie Dornan. In late August 2018, at least three groups were vying for the right to purchase the 5,500 RMS Titanic relics that were an asset of the bankrupt Premier Exhibitions. [134], At the 2001 census, the population was 276,459,[142] while 579,554 people lived in the wider Belfast Metropolitan Area. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. [203][204], The city has two airports: Belfast International Airport offering, domestic, European and international flights such as Orlando operated seasonally by Virgin Atlantic. Since 2001, boosted by increasing numbers of tourists, the city council has developed a number of cultural quarters. Numerous events take place throughout including festivals such as Rose Week and special activities such as bird watching evenings and great beast hunts. 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. 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 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. 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. Ranging in length from a few hundred metres to over 5 kilometres, the security barriers have increased both in height and number since 1998. These materials are designed to help users make the most of census data. Belfast is home to one of the biggest ice hockey clubs in the United Kingdom, the Belfast Giants. [9], The name Belfast derives from the Irish Bal Feirsde, later spelt Bal Feirste (Irish pronunciation:[bel f()t]). The architectural style of Belfast's public buildings range from a small set of Georgian buildings, many examples of Victorian, including the main Lanyon Building at Queen's University Belfast and the Linenhall Library, (both designed by Sir Charles Lanyon). [67] In the 2017 UK general election, Belfast elected one Member of Parliament (MP) from each constituency to the House of Commons at Westminster, London. 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. Further information on the statistics that we produce is available within our main publications summary. After the passing of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, it became the seat of the government of Northern Ireland. The site of Belfast has been occupied since the Bronze Age. National Cycle Route 9 to Newry,[208] which will eventually connect with Dublin,[209] starts in Belfast. "The converse is true for the Protestant population. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland. Stena Line runs regular routes to Cairnryan in Scotland using its conventional vesselswith a crossing time of around 2 hours 15 minutes. 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. The Belfast Marathon is run annually on May Day, and attracted 20,000 participants in 2011. 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. [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. The second phase of main statistics results from Census 202 1 are now available. 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. For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here. In 2021, the number of people resident in Northern Ireland who were themselves born in NI was 1,646,300. When the Titanic was built in Belfast in 19111912, Harland and Wolff had the largest shipyard in the world. [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. Over 2.2million passengers flew between Belfast and London in 2009.[205]. [28], Reluctant to let valuable crop go to seed, flax growers and linen merchants benefited from a three-way exchange. [33] In hopes of French assistance, in 1798 the Society organised a republican insurrection. [84] The lowest temperature to occur in recent years was 8.8C (16.2F) on 22 December 2010.[85]. [8], In 2021 the largest identity group was 'Irish only' with 35% of the population. Formerly known as Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education, it specialises in vocational education. [54] In all, over 1,600 people were killed in political violence in the city between 1969 and 2001. [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. There are 184 primary, secondary and grammar schools in the city. [ADD GENDER BREAKDOWN] 0. . [148], Despite a period of relative peace, most areas and districts of Belfast still reflect the divided nature of Northern Ireland as a whole. The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is Northern Ireland's only full-time symphony orchestra and is well renowned in the United Kingdom. Email: info@nisra.gov.uk. Ards and North Down has the highest percentage of older people at 22.1% while in contrast Mid Ulster has the highest percentage of people aged under 15 at 21.7%. In 2019 there was also an increase in black, Hispanic, and other non-white races. The townlands of Belfast are its oldest surviving land divisions and most pre-date the city. Shows filmed at The Paint Hall include the film City of Ember (2008) and HBO's Game of Thrones series (beginning in late 2009). This service is known as the Belfast Suburban Rail system. 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. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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 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. [163][164], Belfast harbour was dredged in 1845 to provide deeper berths for larger ships. "[181] 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]. [248] In 2008, 7.1million tourists visited the city. Since the expansion of the European Union, numbers have been boosted by an influx of Eastern European immigrants. Our 2022/23 work plan is available here. [184] Rates in Belfast (and the rest of Northern Ireland) were reformed in April 2007. They have commissioned more than 30 public sculptures since 1993. 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. the United Kingdom population is equivalent to 0.87% of the total world population. Throughout the Troubles, Belfast artists continued to express themselves through poetry, art and music. The Giants play in the 10-team professional Elite Ice Hockey League which is the top league in the United Kingdom. Belfast: Directed by Kenneth Branagh. [106] The Golden Mile is the name given to the mile between Belfast City Hall and Queen's University. 25.56% had a degree or higher qualification; while. The total population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021, an increase of 3.5%. Civil unrest impacted the city's industry for many years, but with the . [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. [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. 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[176], Peace has boosted the numbers of tourists coming to Belfast. The total voting age population of Belfast, Maine, meaning US citizens 18 or older, is 5,400. O'Reilly, D. 2010. " 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. [174] In March 2007, the average house in Belfast cost 91,819, with the average in south Belfast being 141,000. Initial raids were a surprise as the city was believed to be outside of the range of German bomber planes. This rise slowed and peaked around the start of the Troubles with the 1971 census showing almost 600,000 people in the Belfast Urban Area. The population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. "That's because [of] the fundamentals of the UK economy and [because] people actually want to invest in the UK," he commented on that report.[180]. By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. [142] These two distinct cultural communities have both contributed significantly to the city's culture. 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). [226], The Northern Ireland national football team, ranked 59th as of October 2022 in the FIFA World Rankings,[227] plays its home matches at Windsor Park. [8], In 2021, 51% of the population was female while 49% was male. Queen's University of Belfast is the main university in the city. [77], The city gets significant precipitation (greater than 1mm) on 157 days in an average year with an average annual rainfall of 846 millimetres (33.3in),[78] less than areas of northern England or most of Scotland,[77] but higher than Dublin or the south-east coast of Ireland. Information relating to the Population Statistics teams engagement with its users/stakeholders. In addition to the shipyards and the Shorts Brothers aircraft factory, the Belfast Blitz severely damaged or destroyed more than half the city's housing stock, devastated the old town centre around High Street, and killed over a thousand people. [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. [220][221] The Belfast Telegraph was bought by the Dublin-based Independent News & Media group in March 2000.[222]. The Normans may have built a castle on a site now bounded by Donegall Place, Castle Place, Cornmarket and Castle Lane in the late twelfth century or early thirteenth century, in what is now Belfast City Centre. Read more: NI Census figures show Catholics outnumber Protestants for first time. Also published today are results for the national identity (person based) classification, which relates to the specific single identity or specific multiple identities people recorded in Census 2021. 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. Lloyd George, Parnell and Patrick Pearse all attended political rallies there. [246], Belfast is one of the most visited cities in the UK,[247] and the second most visited on the island of Ireland. A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s. London 10 M. Manchester 3 M Belfast is linked directly to Coleraine, Portrush and Derry. [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. [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. Please note layouts will be subject to change as tables are finalised. The number of one person households now stands at 234,600 (30.5% of all households), up from 196,400 one person households in 2011 (27.9%). [55], During the Troubles the Europa Hotel suffered 36 bomb attacks becoming known as "the most bombed hotel in the world". . Estimates of the population of Northern Ireland as of 30 June each year by age and sex. Belfast was successful in attracting many conferencing events, both national and international, to the city in 2018. Public outrage, however, defeated the proposal of the greatest of the merchant houses, Cunningham and Greg, to commission ships for the Middle Passage.[30]. For elections to the European Parliament, Belfast was within the Northern Ireland constituency. [43] In addition to the public construction, this provided for universal health care, comprehensive social security, and "revolutionised access" to secondary and further education. Given the progressive enlargement of the British electoral franchise, this would have had an overwhelming Catholic majority and, it was widely believed, interests inimical to the Protestant and industrial north. Information about the range of administrative data sources used in the production of population and migration statistics. Black taxis are common in the city, operating on a share basis in some areas. 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. Census 2021 also shows us that the population is also becoming more diverse. Proportionately the fastest growing group is people with other national identities - typically identities from outside UK and Ireland. [66] The Lord Mayor's duties include presiding over meetings of the council, receiving distinguished visitors to the city, representing and promoting the city on the national and international stage.[65]. "New Developments in Irish Population History, 17001850", "Belfast City Council. One of the offers was by a group including the National Maritime Museum and National Museums Northern Ireland, with assistance by James Cameron. Belfast Zoo is owned by Belfast City Council. 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 . It features a criss-cross of escalators and suspended walkways and nine high-tech galleries. Belfast: A Profile of the City. The estimated population of the BelfastHealth and Social Care Trust (HSCT) at 30 June 2020 was 359,230, of which 175,027(48.7%)were male and 184,203(51.3%) were female. 2020-based Interim Population Projections for Northern Ireland - figures and tables. [100] In June 2007, a 16million programme was announced which will transform and redevelop streets and public spaces in the city centre. The Northern Ireland usually resident population increased by 5.1% (92,300) from 2011 to 2021. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. [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. 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