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. [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]. To sign up to our FREE newsletters, see here. [106] The Golden Mile is the name given to the mile between Belfast City Hall and Queen's University. . In 1864 and 1886 the issue had helped trigger deadly sectarian riots. 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. Demographics", "Comparative Demography Profile: Belfast District Council, Northern Ireland", "Area Profile of Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area (BMUA)", "An analytical look at religious background and residential segregation in Belfast", "Population Density: QS102NI (administrative geographies)", "Revealed: Northern Ireland's 10 most deprived areas", "Ethnic Diversity: Segregation in Belfast. NISRA released the first phase of main statistics from Census 2021 on 22 September 2022. [149], These zones Catholic/republican on one side and Protestant/loyalist on the other are invariably marked by flags, graffiti and murals. [242], Ulster University, created in its current form in 1984, is a multi-centre university with a campus in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast. Check out the Belfast Official Trailer starring Jamie Dornan and Caitriona Balfe! Now known as Shorts Bombardier it works as an international aircraft manufacturer located near the Port of Belfast. [7] Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration,[8] made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. These statistics are also of interest to those involved in research & academia. [10][11] The name therefore translates literally as "(river) mouth of the sandbar" or "(river) mouth of the ford". There are "huge amounts" of foreign investment coming into the country. [39], In the spring of 1942, the German Luftwaffe appeared twice over Belfast. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has two of the largest dry docks in Europe,[119] where the giant cranes, Samson and Goliath stand out against Belfast's skyline. [160] The present city however is a product of the Industrial Revolution. That acted to increase the size of the Catholic population from 2011 to 2021. 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]. [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. [118] The restaurant panels in the Crown Bar were originally made for Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic,[116] built in Belfast. The city's elected officials are the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Deputy Lord Mayor and High Sheriff who are elected from among 60 councillors. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland. 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. The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is Northern Ireland's only full-time symphony orchestra and is well renowned in the United Kingdom. Broadcasting only over the Internet is Homely Planet, the Cultural Radio Station for Northern Ireland, supporting community relations.[223]. 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. In the mid-17th century, Belfast exported beef, butter, hides, tallow and corn and it imported coal, cloth, wine, brandy, paper, timber and tobacco. This is an increase from 2011, when 54,200 people resident in Northern Ireland (or 3% of our population) held a non-UK/Ireland passport only. [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. Ards and North. Many of Belfast's oldest buildings are found in the Cathedral Quarter area, which is currently undergoing redevelopment as the city's main cultural and tourist area. There has also been an increase in the number of people who identify as Irish and Northern Irish, up from 19,100 in 2011 to 33,600 in 2021, and in those who identify as British, Irish and Northern Irish up from 18,400 in 2011 to 28,100 in 2021. [172] Over the past 10 years employment has grown by 16.4%, compared with 9.2% for the UK as a whole. the United Kingdom 2020 population is estimated at 67,886,011 people at mid year according to UN data. 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. [220][221] The Belfast Telegraph was bought by the Dublin-based Independent News & Media group in March 2000.[222]. The population was just under 1.4 million in 1821 and grew to 1.7 million in the next twenty years. 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. They have commissioned more than 30 public sculptures since 1993. [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. Belfast elected 7 Sinn Fin, 5 DUP, 5 Alliance Party, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP and 1 PBPA MLAs. [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. Liverpool University Press. 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. It features a criss-cross of escalators and suspended walkways and nine high-tech galleries. [245] In 2006, this board became part of the Education Authority for Northern Ireland. In 2021 the number of people with a white ethnic group was 1,837,600 (96.6% of the population). The industrial estate and docklands BT3. [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. The population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. This comprised 3 DUP and 1 Sinn Fin. During the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, local sunset is before 16:00 while sunrise is around 08:45. [201], In April 2008, the Department for Regional Development reported on a plan for a light-rail system, similar to that in Dublin. This is up from 513,400 people (28.4%) in 2011. Donegall Quay was built out into the river as the harbour was developed further and trade flourished. [195] A road improvement-scheme in Belfast began early in 2006, with the upgrading of two junctions along the Westlink dual-carriageway to grade-separated standard. Bank Street in the city centre referred to the river bank and Bridge Street was named for the site of an early Farset bridge. [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. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland & Wolff shipyard, which built the RMSTitanic, was the world's largest shipyard. Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 00:22, communal violence in the city during partition, Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Belfast (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies), Northern Ireland Assembly Elections in 2022, List of tallest buildings and structures in Belfast, Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail, "Standard Area Measurements (2016) for Administrative Areas in the United Kingdom", "Where are the largest cities in Britain? "New Developments in Irish Population History, 17001850", "Belfast City Council. [144], Belfast experienced a huge growth in population in the first half of the 20th century. The number of people who were recorded as Northern Irish only is broadly stable - standing at 379,300 people in 2011 and 376,400 people in 2021. 96.77% were white (including Irish Traveller) while 3.23% were from an ethnic minority population; 48.82% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic faith and 42.47% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' denomination; and. Let us know what you think in the comments below. This group is up from 61,900 people in 2011 (3.4% of the population) to 113,400 people in 2021 (6% of the population). . [12][13] This area became the hub around which the original settlement developed. Since 2001, boosted by increasing numbers of tourists, the city council has developed a number of cultural quarters. The metro area population of Edinburgh in 2021 was 543,000, a 1.12% increase from 2020. BBC Radio 4's World reported furthermore that despite higher levels of corporation tax in the UK than in the Republic. [199] These are outnumbered by private hire taxis. Census 2021. 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). For elections to the European Parliament, Belfast was within the Northern Ireland constituency. the United Kingdom population is equivalent to 0.87% of the total world population. 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. [148], Despite a period of relative peace, most areas and districts of Belfast still reflect the divided nature of Northern Ireland as a whole. [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. The remaining 9.3% or 177,400 people neither belonged to nor were brought up in any religion. 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. This increasing diversity is evident to a greater or lesser degree across all 11 local councils. [79] As an urban and coastal area, Belfast typically gets snow on fewer than 10 days per year. Belfast is linked directly to Coleraine, Portrush and Derry. [127] The Belfast Naturalists' Field Club was founded in 1863 and is administered by National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland. 2,731 steps which if climbed twice a week would be equal to climbing Slieve Donard. Further information on the statistics that we produce is available within our main publications summary. [170] [99] In 2008 a process was proposed for the removal of the 'peace walls'. [71], The River Farset is also named after this silt deposit (from the Irish feirste meaning "sand spit"). The Jordanstown campus, just seven miles (11km) from Belfast city centre concentrates on engineering, health and social science. Draft table layoutsare available to download ahead of the publication. 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. [82] The absolute minimum temperature at Stormont is 9.9C (14F), during January 1982,[83] although in an average year the coldest night will fall no lower than 4.5C (23.9F) with air frost being recorded on just 26 nights. The prospectus was last updated on 21 February 2023. In 2005, Belfast International Airport was the 11th busiest commercial airport in the UK, accounting for just over 2% of all UK terminal passengers while the George Best Belfast City Airport was the 16th busiest and had 1% of UK terminal passengers. Our2022/23work planis available here. The Forest of Belfast is a partnership between government and local groups, set up in 1992 to manage and conserve the city's parks and open spaces. [133] It has an area of 128 acres (0.52km2) of meadows, woodland and gardens and features a Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Garden, a Japanese garden, a walled garden, and the Golden Crown Fountain commissioned in 2002 as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.[132]. [123], Sitting at the mouth of the River Lagan where it becomes a deep and sheltered lough, Belfast is surrounded by mountains that create a micro-climate conducive to horticulture. [217] Projects to promote the language in the city are funded by various sources, notably Foras na Gaeilge, an all-Ireland body funded by both the Irish and British governments. The architecture of the Grand Opera House has an oriental theme and was completed in 1895. [8], In 2021, 51% of the population was female while 49% was male. [150], The highest levels of segregation in the city are in west Belfast with many areas greater than 90% Catholic. [126] In 2006, the City Council set aside 8million to continue this work. However, the establishment of the Shaw's Road Gaeltacht community has inspired use of the language across Northern Ireland. The metro area population of Belfast in 2021 was 635,000, a 0.63% increase from 2020. Plans to bring in additional water tariffs have been deferred by devolution in May 2007. A 2021 coroner's report found that all those killed had been innocent and that the killings were "without justification". [132] Rose Week in July each year features over 20,000 blooms. [52] The British Army, first deployed on the streets in August 1969, was also responsible for civilian deaths. The population of Belfast was 345,418 in 2021. 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. Including the Waterfront Hall and the Odyssey Arena, Belfast has several other venues for performing arts. [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. Like all areas of the island of Ireland outside of the Gaeltacht, the Irish language in Belfast is not that of an unbroken intergenerational transmission. With the undertaking of Plantation, Belfast was established as a town in 1613 by Sir Arthur Chichester. [183] The rest of the city's water is sourced from Lough Neagh, via Dunore Water Treatment Works in County Antrim. While the number of households in Northern Ireland was 768,810. Information on consultations and the planning of the 2021 Census in Northern Ireland. 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. 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. [31][32] With their American kinsmen, the region's Presbyterians were to share a growing disaffection from the Crown. [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. [68], Short Brothers plc is a British aerospace company based in Belfast. The provision of certain resources for these schools (for example, such as the provision of textbooks) is supported by the charitable organisation TACA. Conservationists are celebrating a bumper year for barn owls in Northern Ireland. The city is flanked on the north and northwest by a series of hills, including Divis Mountain, Black Mountain and Cavehill, thought to be the inspiration for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. [174] In March 2007, the average house in Belfast cost 91,819, with the average in south Belfast being 141,000. ", "Linenopolis: The Linen Quarter of Belfast | Connolly Cove |", "History Belfast's golden age of shipbuilding", "Historical Internal Migration in Ireland". Because of this, it is less an agglomeration of villages and towns which have expanded into each other, than other comparable cities, such as Manchester or Birmingham. It became a city by royal charter in 1888. [74] The shape of the giant's nose, known locally as Napoleon's Nose, is officially called McArt's Fort probably named after Art O'Neill, a 17th-century chieftain who controlled the area at that time. Belfast's population is evenly split between its Protestant and Catholic residents. 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. 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 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 census happens only once every 10 years. 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. 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. [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. The census data also showed that the population continued to age. The company began its association with Belfast in 1936, with Short & Harland Ltd, a venture jointly owned by Shorts and Harland and Wolff. [72] Superseded by the River Lagan as the more important river in the city, the Farset now languishes in obscurity, under High Street. Over the decade population increase was greatest in the older age groups. Belfast expanded very rapidly from being a market town to becoming an industrial city during the course of the 19th century. These materials are designed to help users make the most of census data. It was bombed several times during the Troubles but has now been restored to its former glory. The most recent example of this conflict was known as the Troubles a civil conflict that raged from the late 1960s to 1998. 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. All councils are more secular in 2021 than they were ten years ago. This service is known as the Belfast Suburban Rail system. Some 24 chicks fledged from eight known breeding pairs - a 500% increase in chicks from 2021 . On Census Day 27 March 2011, in Belfast Local Government District (2014), considering the resident population: Respondents could indicate more than one national identity. 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). [134], At the 2001 census, the population was 276,459,[142] while 579,554 people lived in the wider Belfast Metropolitan Area. Over 60 conferences took place that year with 30,000 people helping contribute to a record 45million pounds for the local economy. 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. Together with French Huguenot refugees, they introduced the production of linen, an industry that carried Belfast trade to the Americas. [186], Power is provided from a number of power stations via NIE Networks Limited transmission lines. Want the biggest political stories and analysis sent to you every week? [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. Estimates of the population of Northern Ireland as of 30 June each year by age and sex. [33] In hopes of French assistance, in 1798 the Society organised a republican insurrection. [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. Information on the assurance mechanisms for Census 2021. Dr David Marshall, director of Census and population statistics at the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, said the differing age profiles of the Protestant and Catholic communities was key to understanding the shifting numbers. The Belfast Liverpool route is the busiest domestic flight route in the UK excluding London with 555,224 passengers in 2009. More than 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since the 1970s. [40], At the end of World War II, the Unionist Government undertook programmes of "slum clearance" (the Blitz had exposed the "uninhabitable" condition of much of the city's housing) which involved decanting populations out of mill and factory, and constructing terraced streets into new peripheral housing estates. [48][49] Loyalist paramilitaries including the UVF and the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) said that the killings they carried out were in retaliation for the IRA campaign. The Census held on 21 March 2021, Northern Ireland's centenary year, highlighted a population of 1,903,175 the highest ever but the data also shows that the population continues to age. The minimum temperature at Aldergrove was 14.9C (5.2F), during December 2010. [8], In 2021 the largest identity group was 'Irish only' with 35% of the population. [104] It hosts a yearly visual and performing arts festival. Belfast was granted borough status by James VI and I in 1613 and official city status by Queen Victoria in 1888. Please note layouts will be subject to change as tables are finalised. The townlands of Belfast are its oldest surviving land divisions and most pre-date the city. [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. The 2021 Census recorded 967,000 females. By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. In 1919, workers in all three cities struck for a ten-hour reduction in the working week. 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. In 2021, the median household income of Belfast households was $55,900. [108][109] Finally, the Titanic Quarter covers 0.75km2 (185 acres) of reclaimed land adjacent to Belfast Harbour, formerly known as Queen's Island. The rebel tradesmen and tenant farmers were defeated north of the town at the Battle of Antrim and to the south at the Battle of Ballynahinch. In 2011, English was not the main language of 3.1% (54,500 people). Published by D. Clark , Dec 21, 2022 In 2021, Belfast was the local district that had the highest number of inhabitants in Northern Ireland, with an estimated population of 345,000, followed. There are no less than twelve other minor rivers in and around Belfast, namely the Blackstaff, the Colin, the Connswater, the Cregagh, the Derriaghy, the Forth, the Knock, the Legoniel, the Loop, the Milewater, the Purdysburn and the Ravernet.[73]. In 2021, the number of people resident in Northern Ireland who were themselves born in NI was 1,646,300. The most prevalent main languages other than English were Polish (20,100 people), Lithuanian (9,000), Irish (6,000), Romanian (5,600) and Portuguese (5,000). Stena Line also operates a route to Liverpool. 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 one raid, in 1941, German bombers killed around one thousand people and left tens of thousands homeless. 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. 2012. Figures from 2016 of working age population. Belfast households made slightly more than Hodgdonhouseholds ($55,804) and Richmondhouseholds ($55,878) . The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. Belfast's two MPs remained nominees of the Chichesters (Marquesses of Donegall). 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