[125], Belfast has over forty public parks. Belfast's population is evenly split between its Protestant and Catholic residents. There are also many examples of Edwardian, such as the City Hall, to modern, such as the Waterfront Hall. [160] It provided a market for the surrounding countryside and the natural inlet of Belfast Lough gave the city its own port. 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%. Although BT derives from Belfast, the BT postcode area extends across the whole of Northern Ireland.[103]. 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. 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. Belfast is still a port with commercial and industrial docks, including the Harland & Wolff shipyard, dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline. [118] The restaurant panels in the Crown Bar were originally made for Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic,[116] built in Belfast. [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'). 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. "The converse is true for the Protestant population. [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. [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. A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s. Shows filmed at The Paint Hall include the film City of Ember (2008) and HBO's Game of Thrones series (beginning in late 2009). [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. Census 2021 also shows us that the population is also becoming more diverse. 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. 2021 in Belfast, Northern . 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. - British & Northern Irish 151,300 people or 8% of our population. 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. [177] Visitor numbers rose by 6% to reach 6.8million in 2006, with tourists spending 324million, an increase of 15% on 2005. 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. [152][153], Ethnic minority communities have been in Belfast since the 1930s. Founded in 1966, it has existed in its present form since 1981, when the BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra was disbanded. In 2008, Belfast was named a finalist in the Large City (200,001 and over) category of the RHS Britain in Bloom competition along with London Borough of Croydon and Sheffield. [54] In all, over 1,600 people were killed in political violence in the city between 1969 and 2001. Belfast has two universities. [79] As an urban and coastal area, Belfast typically gets snow on fewer than 10 days per year. In one raid, in 1941, German bombers killed around one thousand people and left tens of thousands homeless. The average household size decreased across all 11 local councils. 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 Generally, population statistics are available disaggregated by age and sex with information also available for a wide range of administrative and statistical geographies. 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%. The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is Northern Ireland's only full-time symphony orchestra and is well renowned in the United Kingdom. [ADD GENDER BREAKDOWN] 0. . However the total number of people identifying as either British and Northern Irish or Irish and Northern Irish or British, Irish and Northern Irish is up from 149,300 people in 2011 to 213,000 people in 2021. The majority of the animals are in danger in their natural habitat. The metro area population of Belfast in 2020 was 631,000, a 0.64% increase from 2019. 2021 Foreign Terrorist Organization/Executive Order 13224 Group Designations. [7] Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration,[8] made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. 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%). [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. 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. [225], Belfast has several notable sports teams playing a diverse variety of sports such as football, Gaelic games, rugby, cricket, and ice hockey. After this was; British only 27%, Northern Irish only 17%, British and Northern Irish only 7%, Irish and Northern Irish only 2%, British, Irish and Northern Irish only 2%, British and Irish less than 1% and Other identities with 10%.[8]. 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 Belfast, the changes are 'striking': the report describes it as a 'shared city, where the Catholic population is younger and more confident'. 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. The first Lord Mayor of Belfast was Daniel Dixon, who was elected in 1892. However, 12.2% of Belfast families live in poverty. Sectarian tensions were heightened by movements to repeal the Acts of Union (which followed the 1798 rebellion) and to restore a Parliament in Dublin. 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. 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 current club president is Irish-language enthusiast Linda Ervine who comes from a unionist background in the area. Download Historical Data Save as Image From: To: Zoom: Historical U.N. The team currently plays in the Down Senior County League.[233]. 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 2021 census figures also show show that the percentage of the population brought up as Catholic has overtaken Protestant for the first time. 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. [201], In April 2008, the Department for Regional Development reported on a plan for a light-rail system, similar to that in Dublin. London 10 M. Manchester 3 M The total voting age population of Belfast, Maine, meaning US citizens 18 or older, is 5,400. Irish Traveller, Arab, Pakistani and Roma ethnicities also each constituted 1,500 people or more. [167] For several decades, Northern Ireland's fragile economy required significant public support from the British exchequer of up to 4billion per year.[167]. ", "Linenopolis: The Linen Quarter of Belfast | Connolly Cove |", "History Belfast's golden age of shipbuilding", "Historical Internal Migration in Ireland". Plans to bring in additional water tariffs have been deferred by devolution in May 2007. The census happens only once every 10 years. Belfast contains most of Northern Ireland's regional specialist centres. The Northern Ireland usually resident population increased by 5.1% (92,300) from 2011 to 2021. 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. Built in the 1830s and designed by Sir Charles Lanyon, Botanic Gardens Palm House is one of the earliest examples of a curvilinear and cast iron glasshouse. [154] The largest groups are Poles, Chinese and Indians.[155][156]. [59] In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent. [9], The name Belfast derives from the Irish Bal Feirsde, later spelt Bal Feirste (Irish pronunciation:[bel f()t]). 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. 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. Slightly further afield is Aldergrove Airport. 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. [236] The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. 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There was major communal violence in the city during partition. The population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. Belfast: A Profile of the City. [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. 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. Belfast has grown by 4,186 in the last year, which represents a 0.6% annual change. [24] The mainly English and Manx settlers took Anglican communion at Corporation Church on the quay-side end of High Street. The city has become a popular film location; The Paint Hall at Harland and Wolff has become one of the UK Film Council's main studios. [53], During the 1970s and 1980s Belfast was one of the world's most dangerous cities. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. That acted to increase the size of the Catholic population from 2011 to 2021. This is up from 513,400 people (28.4%) in 2011. Mid Year Population Estimates Estimates of the. London had the next highest. A consequence of this northern latitude is that it both endures short winter days and enjoys long summer evenings. 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Figures from 2016 of working age population. The provision of certain resources for these schools (for example, such as the provision of textbooks) is supported by the charitable organisation TACA. In 2007, Belfast saw house prices grow by 50%, the fastest rate of growth in the UK. [43] In addition to the public construction, this provided for universal health care, comprehensive social security, and "revolutionised access" to secondary and further education. 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. The population of Northern Ireland on census day, 21 March 2021, was 1,903,175. 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). 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). The service is being recognised as helping to modernise the city's public transport.[207]. Temperature extremes here have slightly more variability due to the more inland location. . The airport is located northwest of the city, near Lough Neagh, while the George Best Belfast City Airport, which is closer to the city centre by train from Sydenham on the Bangor Line, adjacent to Belfast Lough, offers UK domestic flights and a few European flights. The population was just under 1.4 million in 1821 and grew to 1.7 million in the next twenty years. [68] All local councils across NI showed an ageing population over the period 2011 to 2021. . Belfast is one of the constituent cities that makes up the Dublin-Belfast corridor region, which has a population of just under 3million. It gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and. The improvement scheme was completed five months ahead of schedule in February 2009, with the official opening taking place on 4 March 2009.[196]. See all related documents. Over 2.2million passengers flew between Belfast and London in 2009.[205]. In 1950, the population of Belfast was 445,879 . [72] Superseded by the River Lagan as the more important river in the city, the Farset now languishes in obscurity, under High Street. The IRA ceasefire in 1994 and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 have given investors increased confidence to invest in Belfast. The Belfast campus has a specific focus on Art and Design and Architecture, and is currently undergoing major redevelopment. A 2021 coroner's report found that all those killed had been innocent and that the killings were "without justification". When it comes to national identity, 31.9% said they had a British-only identity, 29.1% said Irish-only, 19.8% said Northern Irish-only while 8% said British and Northern Irish. The 2021 Census recorded 967,000 females. [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. On Census Day 27 March 2011, considering the population aged 16 to 74 years old: Long-term unemployed are those who stated that they have not worked since 2009 or earlier, Percentage Catholic or brought up Catholic, Percentage born outside the UK and Ireland, When the population of Belfast town began to grow in the 17th century, its economy was built on commerce. [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]. 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. [253], In 2018, six hotels were opened, with the biggest in Northern Ireland, the 53million Grand Central Hotel Belfast officially open to the public. 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Custom House Square is one of the city's main outdoor venues for free concerts and street entertainment. Our2022/23work planis available here. [110] Plans include apartments, a riverside entertainment district, and a major Titanic-themed museum. 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Information relating to the Population Statistics teams engagement with its users/stakeholders. [176], Peace has boosted the numbers of tourists coming to Belfast. [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. 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. In November 2011, Belfast became the smallest city to host the MTV Europe Music Awards. 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. Estimates of the population of Northern Ireland as of 30 June each year by age and sex. 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. Weatherall, Norman (text) and Evans, David (paintings) 2002, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 00:22. 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. Civil unrest impacted the city's industry for many years, but with the . 2018-based Population Projections for Northern Ireland Statistical Bulletin Charts. "[211] According to The Guardian the bid may have been undermined by the city's history and volatile politics. 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. 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