[55], During the Troubles the Europa Hotel suffered 36 bomb attacks becoming known as "the most bombed hotel in the world". Proportionately the fastest growing group is people with other national identities - typically identities from outside UK and Ireland. Northern Ireland's population is divided between mostly-Protestant Unionists, who want to maintain Northern Ireland's status as part of the United Kingdom, . [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. Information relating to the Population Statistics teams engagement with its users/stakeholders. The provision of certain resources for these schools (for example, such as the provision of textbooks) is supported by the charitable organisation TACA. Download Historical Data Save as Image From: To: Zoom: Historical U.N. These materials are designed to help users make the most of census data. 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. FACT A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s. 5.23% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and. [210] In 2003, Belfast had an unsuccessful bid for the 2008 European Capital of Culture. 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. The population of Northern Ireland on census day, 21 March 2021, was 1,903,175. Donegall Quay was built out into the river as the harbour was developed further and trade flourished. Updated 9:57 AM EDT, Sun July 11, 2021 Link Copied! . Conservationists are celebrating a bumper year for barn owls in Northern Ireland. Figures from 2016 of working age population. 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. Most of their victims were Catholics with no links to the Provisional IRA. 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. [77] The absolute maximum temperature at the weather station at Stormont is 29.7C (85.5F), set during July 1983. The population of Northern Ireland on census day, 21 March 2021, was 1,903,175. "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]. the United Kingdom 2020 population is estimated at 67,886,011 people at mid year according to UN data. 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. 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. For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here. 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. [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. The industrial estate and docklands BT3. Weatherall, Norman (text) and Evans, David (paintings) 2002, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 00:22. [151] Areas where segregated working-class areas meet are known as interface areas and sometimes marked by peace lines. [10] The word bal means "mouth" or "river-mouth," while feirsde/feirste is the genitive singular of fearsaid and refers to a sandbar or tidal ford across a river's mouth. Belfast has a longstanding underground club scene which was established in the early 1980s.[215]. 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. 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 2007, Belfast saw house prices grow by 50%, the fastest rate of growth in the UK. More than 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since the 1970s. Burns and the other pupils at north Belfast's Holy Cross Girls' primary were subjected to a barrage of abuse from a group of loyalist . [143], This made it the fifteenth-largest city in the United Kingdom, but the eleventh-largest conurbation. It was bombed several times during the Troubles but has now been restored to its former glory. 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). Belfast remained a small settlement of little importance during the Middle Ages. In the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections in 2022, Belfast elected 20 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), 5 from each constituency. Black taxis are common in the city, operating on a share basis in some areas. [145] Since then, the inner city numbers have dropped dramatically as people have moved to swell the Greater Belfast suburb population. For key statistics relating to population estimates, explore the population statistics dashboard. [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]. [163][164], Belfast harbour was dredged in 1845 to provide deeper berths for larger ships. On 21 March 2023, NISRA will publish the third phase of main statistics results from Census 2021 for a number of census topics, including: Data will be available for Northern Ireland and the 11 Local Government Districts. 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. The climate of Belfast is significantly milder than most other locations in the world at a similar latitude, due to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream. 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. [42], The cost was borne by the British Exchequer. [245] In 2006, this board became part of the Education Authority for Northern Ireland. The metro area population of Belfast in 2020 was 631,000, a 0.64% increase from 2019. [143], The 2001 census recorded 81,650 people from Catholic backgrounds and 79,650 people from Protestant backgrounds of working age living in Belfast. The Globalization and World Cities Research Network listed Belfast as a Gamma + global city in 2020. [45], Belfast has been the scene of various episodes of sectarian conflict between its Catholic and Protestant populations. [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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [225], Belfast has several notable sports teams playing a diverse variety of sports such as football, Gaelic games, rugby, cricket, and ice hockey. In contrast, the number of people who are Irish only is up from 457,500 in 2011 to 554,400 in 2021. In 2021, the median household income of Belfast households was $55,900. Projections 400,000 450,000 500,000 550,000 600,000 Population 554,000 [68] He added that the surge in the number of people holding Irish passports was influenced by Brexit. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. The proportion of the population with No religion ranges from 30.6% in Ards and North Down to 7.8% in Mid Ulster. Buy tickets for Belfast:. The new hotels have helped to increase a further 1,000 bedrooms in the city. [28], Reluctant to let valuable crop go to seed, flax growers and linen merchants benefited from a three-way exchange. Belfast's population is evenly split between its Protestant and Catholic residents. "What we found in the 2011 census was that the Catholic population was on average younger, so there was essentially a higher number of births in the Catholic population than deaths. [148], Despite a period of relative peace, most areas and districts of Belfast still reflect the divided nature of Northern Ireland as a whole. 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 population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. There are 184 primary, secondary and grammar schools in the city. [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. [193] Other hospitals in Belfast include the Mater Hospital in north Belfast and the Children's Hospital. The Glider bus service is a new form of transport in Belfast. Although BT derives from Belfast, the BT postcode area extends across the whole of Northern Ireland.[103]. Consequently, the arterial roads along which this expansion took place (such as the Falls Road or the Newtownards Road) are more significant in defining the districts of the city than nucleated settlements. 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. [160], Around this time, the linen trade in Northern Ireland blossomed and by the middle of the 18th century, one fifth of all the linen exported from Ireland was shipped from Belfast. [100] In June 2007, a 16million programme was announced which will transform and redevelop streets and public spaces in the city centre. 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. There are a number of Irish language Primary schools and one secondary school in Belfast. [84] The lowest temperature to occur in recent years was 8.8C (16.2F) on 22 December 2010.[85]. Belfast elected 7 Sinn Fin, 5 DUP, 5 Alliance Party, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP and 1 PBPA MLAs. From 1990-2019 the percentage of white population has declined by over 6%. In total, 1,484,700 people (78%) held a single passport and 116,300 people (6.1%) held more than one passport. This was made up of:. Want the biggest political stories and analysis sent to you every week? 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. Belfast: A Profile of the City. In the mid-17th century, Belfast exported beef, butter, hides, tallow and corn and it imported coal, cloth, wine, brandy, paper, timber and tobacco. 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. The metro area population of Belfast in 2021 was 635,000, a 0.63% increase from 2020. [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'). Sign up to our FREE newsletter. It became a city by royal charter in 1888. This is balanced by the summer solstice in June, when the sun sets after 22:00 and rises before 05:00. [27] Chichester also had Belfast Castle rebuilt at this time. 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. Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm (excluding public, bank and all Northern Ireland government holidays). Population growth was proportionately greatest in Lisburn and Castlereagh with 149,100 people in 2021, up 10.6% from 2011. It is home to Northern Ireland's first Acquired Brain Injury Unit, costing 9million and opened by Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in May 2006. All local councils across NI showed an ageing population over the period 2011 to 2021. 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