[146] The population density in 2011 was 24.88 people/hectare (compared to 1.34 for the rest of Northern Ireland). 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. [246], Belfast is one of the most visited cities in the UK,[247] and the second most visited on the island of Ireland. 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. 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. On census day 2021, there were 768,810 occupied households in Northern Ireland, up 9.3% from the 703,275 recorded ten years earlier. Generally, population statistics are available disaggregated by age and sex with information also available for a wide range of administrative and statistical geographies. The economy of Belfast, Northern Ireland was initially built on trade through Belfast Harbour.Later, industry contributed to its growth, particularly shipbuilding and linen. From 1990-2019 the percentage of white population has declined by over 6%. With the undertaking of Plantation, Belfast was established as a town in 1613 by Sir Arthur Chichester. The largest groups were Mixed Ethnicities (14,400), Black (11,000), Indian (9,900), Chinese (9,500), and Filipino (4,500). Originally a more significant river than it is today, the Farset formed a dock on High Street until the mid 19th century. Liverpool University Press. 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. 2021 Foreign Terrorist Organization/Executive Order 13224 Group Designations. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. Many areas are still highly segregated along ethnic, political and religious lines, especially in working-class neighbourhoods. The nearest weather station for which sunshine data and longer term observations are available is Belfast International Airport (Aldergrove). Mid Year Population Estimates Estimates of the. 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. The Globalization and World Cities Research Network listed Belfast as a Gamma + global city in 2020. Numerous events take place throughout including festivals such as Rose Week and special activities such as bird watching evenings and great beast hunts. On January 14 the Department of State designated Harakat Sawa'd Misr (HASM) as . [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. [144], Belfast experienced a huge growth in population in the first half of the 20th century. Queries relating to Census 2021 in Northern Ireland should be directed to the Census Customer Services. The metro area population of Belfast in 2021 was 635,000, a 0.63% increase from 2020. The townlands of Belfast are its oldest surviving land divisions and most pre-date the city. [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. Donegall Quay was built out into the river as the harbour was developed further and trade flourished. 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). The industrial estate and docklands BT3. 4.34% did not have English as their first language. The visitors spent 285.2million, supporting more than 15,600 jobs. Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, to the south of the city centre, attracts thousands of visitors each year to its International Rose Garden. There is, however, a combined ferry and rail ticket between Belfast and cities in Great Britain, which is referred to as SailRail. Belfast is divided into four Northern Ireland Assembly and UK parliamentary constituencies: Belfast North, Belfast West, Belfast South and Belfast East. [145] An area of deprivation is found in the inner parts of the north and west of the city. In Belfast, the changes are 'striking': the report describes it as a 'shared city, where the Catholic population is younger and more confident'. Download Historical Data Save as Image From: To: Zoom: Historical U.N. [99] In 2008 a process was proposed for the removal of the 'peace walls'. Now known as Shorts Bombardier it works as an international aircraft manufacturer located near the Port of Belfast. 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. 2012. [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. It had a population of 345,418 in 2021[update].[2]. Belfast: Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Belfast: A Profile of the City. 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. This is balanced by the summer solstice in June, when the sun sets after 22:00 and rises before 05:00. Belfast has a high concentration of Irish-speakers. [53], During the 1970s and 1980s Belfast was one of the world's most dangerous cities. Population growth was proportionately greatest in Lisburn and Castlereagh with 149,100 people in 2021, up 10.6% from 2011. In 2021, the proportion of residents who identified as Catholic was 43%, 12% Presbyterian, 8% for the Church of Ireland, 3% Methodist, 6% of Christian religions, 3% other religions and 24% no religion or not stated. [143], This made it the fifteenth-largest city in the United Kingdom, but the eleventh-largest conurbation. During the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, local sunset is before 16:00 while sunrise is around 08:45. 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. 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. Plans to bring in additional water tariffs have been deferred by devolution in May 2007. 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. The facility comprises four stages of 16,000 square feet (1,500m2). Belfast is situated on Northern Ireland's eastern coast at 543549N 055545W / 54.59694N 5.92917W / 54.59694; -5.92917. 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. Conservationists are celebrating a bumper year for barn owls in Northern Ireland. Demographics", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demography_of_Belfast&oldid=1113127401, Demographics by city in the United Kingdom, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 29 September 2022, at 22:14. Belfast produced the Formula One racing stars John Watson who raced for five different teams during his career in the 1970s and 1980s and Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine. Including the Waterfront Hall and the Odyssey Arena, Belfast has several other venues for performing arts. 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. One of Northern Ireland's two community TV stations, NvTv, is based in the Cathedral Quarter of the city. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland. Since the ending of the region's conflict tourism has boomed in Northern Ireland, greatly aided by low cost. [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. [122] A history of the development of these structures can be found at the Peacewall Archive. 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). 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. They are widely used to express other statistics as a rate and thus enable comparisons across the United Kingdom and other countries. The second phase of main statistics results from Census 202 1 are now available. [56], An enduring physical legacy of the conflict are the extensive "peace lines" (or "peace walls") that continue to separate loyalist from republican districts. Other significant sportspeople from Belfast include double world snooker champion Alex "Hurricane" Higgins[235] and world champion boxers Wayne McCullough, Rinty Monaghan and Carl Frampton. 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. 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