Belfast was heavily bombed during World War II. The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. [248] In 2008, 7.1million tourists visited the city. The largest person-specific national identities were: - British only - 606,300 people or 31.9% of our population; - Irish only - 554,400 people or 29.1% of our population; - Northern Irish only - 376,400 people or 19.8% of our population; and. [254], There is a tourist information centre located at Donegall Square North.[255]. [24] The mainly English and Manx settlers took Anglican communion at Corporation Church on the quay-side end of High Street. [77] The absolute maximum temperature at the weather station at Stormont is 29.7C (85.5F), set during July 1983. [168][169] This has led to a period of sustained economic growth and large-scale redevelopment of the city centre. It gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and. Draft table layoutsare available to download ahead of the publication. [53], During the 1970s and 1980s Belfast was one of the world's most dangerous cities. Queen's University of Belfast is the main university in the city. [46] These opposing groups in this conflict are now often termed republican and loyalist respectively, although they are also loosely referred to as 'nationalist' and 'unionist'. [45], Belfast has been the scene of various episodes of sectarian conflict between its Catholic and Protestant populations. [111][112] The district of Ballyhackamore has even acquired the name "Ballysnackamore" due to the preponderance of dining establishments in the area.[113]. By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. The IRA ceasefire in 1994 and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 have given investors increased confidence to invest in Belfast. This was followed by the drilling and eventual arming of a 100,000-strong Ulster Volunteer Force. The city's elected officials are the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Deputy Lord Mayor and High Sheriff who are elected from among 60 councillors. [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. the United Kingdom 2020 population is estimated at 67,886,011 people at mid year according to UN data. It was bombed several times during the Troubles but has now been restored to its former glory. [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. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Read more: NI Census figures show Catholics outnumber Protestants for first time. The Belfast Liverpool route is the busiest domestic flight route in the UK excluding London with 555,224 passengers in 2009. Civil unrest impacted the city's industry for many years, but with the . They have commissioned more than 30 public sculptures since 1993. The city of Belfast is the provincial capital of Northern Ireland. Key finding: Slightly over 18% of Northern Ireland's population resides in the Belfast council area, with Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon the next largest at almost 11. . [199] These are outnumbered by private hire taxis. [8], In 2021, 51% of the population was female while 49% was male. Some 24 chicks fledged from eight known breeding pairs - a 500% increase in chicks from 2021 . The first nationalist Lord Mayor of Belfast was Alban Maginness of the SDLP, in 1997. Belfast has a longstanding underground club scene which was established in the early 1980s.[215]. Apart from London, this was the greatest loss of life in a night raid during the Blitz. 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. However, the establishment of the Shaw's Road Gaeltacht community has inspired use of the language across 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. 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 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%). Plans to bring in additional water tariffs have been deferred by devolution in May 2007. Elsewhere 634,600 people (33.3%) living here identified solely or along with other national identities as Irish. 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 article is about the city in Northern Ireland. [249] Numerous tour bus companies and boat tours run there throughout the year, including tours based on the series Game of Thrones, which has had various filming locations around Northern Ireland. [173], Northern Ireland's peace dividend has led to soaring property prices in the city. [80] In an average year the warmest day will rise to a temperature of 25.0C (77.0F)[81] with a day of 25.1C (77.2F) or above occurring roughly once every two in three years. The proportion of the population with No religion ranges from 30.6% in Ards and North Down to 7.8% in Mid Ulster. 63.84% were economically active, 36.16% were economically inactive; 5.59% were unemployed, of these 43.56% were long-term unemployed. The Coleraine campus, about 55mi (89km) from Belfast city centre concentrates on a broad range of subjects. [100] In June 2007, a 16million programme was announced which will transform and redevelop streets and public spaces in the city centre. [7] Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration,[8] made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. 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. [178] The city's two airports have helped make the city one of the most visited weekend destinations in Europe. The metro area population of Belfast in 2021 was 635,000, a 0.63% increase from 2020. [191] The Mary G McGeown Regional Nephrology Unit at the City Hospital is the kidney transplant centre and provides regional renal services for Northern Ireland. [166], The rise of mass-produced and cotton clothing following World War I were some of the factors which led to the decline of Belfast's international linen trade. The Globalization and World Cities Research Network listed Belfast as a Gamma + global city in 2020. Rough terrain and dense forest cover, combined with low population densities and historically weak government presence, define Colombia's borders with Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, . The nearest weather station for which sunshine data and longer term observations are available is Belfast International Airport (Aldergrove). [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. [144], Belfast experienced a huge growth in population in the first half of the 20th century. 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. The same year, 80,000 people participated in culture and other arts activities, twice as many as in 200304. 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. A seasonal sailing to Douglas, Isle of Man is operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. [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. 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 consultants said Belfast does not have the population to support a light rail system, suggesting that investment in bus-based rapid transit would be preferable. 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. [107] Since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the nearby Lisburn Road has developed into the city's most exclusive shopping strip. [105] The Queen's Quarter in south Belfast is named after Queen's University. [118] The restaurant panels in the Crown Bar were originally made for Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic,[116] built in Belfast. [193] Other hospitals in Belfast include the Mater Hospital in north Belfast and the Children's Hospital. [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 number of people holding an Ireland passport solely or jointly has increased from 375,800 people in 2011 to 614,300, up 63.5% and is consistent with the increasing demand for Ireland passports since the 2016 UK vote to leave the EU. 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. [236] 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. [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. There are "huge amounts" of foreign investment coming into the country. [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. [59] In May 2013, the Northern Ireland Executive committed to the removal of all peace lines by mutual consent. As with any modern economy, the service sector is vital to Northern Ireland's development and is enjoying excellent growth. Belfast was successful in attracting many conferencing events, both national and international, to the city in 2018. Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, to the south of the city centre, attracts thousands of visitors each year to its International Rose Garden. From 1990-2019 the percentage of white population has declined by over 6%. [120] The Lyric Theatre, which re-opened on 1 May 2011 after undergoing a rebuilding programme and is the only full-time producing theatre in Northern Ireland, is where film star Liam Neeson began his career. This prospectus sets out therelease plansfor Census 2021 statistics in Northern Ireland. The facility comprises four stages of 16,000 square feet (1,500m2). 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. Population growth was proportionately greatest in Lisburn and Castlereagh with 149,100 people in 2021, up 10.6% from 2011. Belfast has grown by 4,186 in the last year, which represents a 0.6% annual change. By the turn of the 19th century, Belfast had transformed into the largest linen producing centre in the world,[162] earning the city and its hinterlands the nickname "Linenopolis" during the Victorian Era and into the early part of the 20th century. [9], The name Belfast derives from the Irish Bal Feirsde, later spelt Bal Feirste (Irish pronunciation:[bel f()t]). For key statistics relating to population estimates, explore the population statistics dashboard. Belfast's 2023 population is now estimated at 696,537. As with the vast majority of the rest of Ireland, Belfast has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb in the Kppen climate classification), with a narrow range of temperatures and rainfall throughout the year. The Jordanstown campus, just seven miles (11km) from Belfast city centre concentrates on engineering, health and social science. 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. The second phase of main statistics results from Census 202 1 are now available. 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. [160] It provided a market for the surrounding countryside and the natural inlet of Belfast Lough gave the city its own port. 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. [183] The rest of the city's water is sourced from Lough Neagh, via Dunore Water Treatment Works in County Antrim. The population of Northern Ireland on census day, 21 March 2021, was 1,903,175. 4.34% did not have English as their first language. [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. [121] The Ulster Hall (18591862) was originally designed for grand dances but is now used primarily as a concert and sporting venue. [177] Visitor numbers rose by 6% to reach 6.8million in 2006, with tourists spending 324million, an increase of 15% on 2005. The team currently plays in the Down Senior County League.[233]. Taking in Dublin Road, Great Victoria Street, Shaftesbury Square and Bradbury Place, it contains some of the best bars and restaurants in the city. Census 2021 shows that 12.4% (228,600 people) had some ability in the Irish language, up from 10.7% decade ago while the figure for Ulster-Scots is 10.4% (190,600 people), up from 8.1%. Northern Ireland's population is divided between mostly-Protestant Unionists, who want to maintain Northern Ireland's status as part of the United Kingdom, . 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. The metro area population of Edinburgh in 2020 was 537,000, a 1.13% increase from 2019. [187] The recent dramatic rise in house prices has made these reforms unpopular.[188]. 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. It was made internationally famous as the setting for the classic film, Odd Man Out, starring James Mason. [230], Belfast is home to over twenty Gaelic football and hurling clubs. [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. BBC Radio 4's World reported furthermore that despite higher levels of corporation tax in the UK than in the Republic. Many ex-NHL players have featured on the Giants roster, none more famous than world superstar Theo Fleury. The Census 2021 population is recorded at 1,903,175 people, up from 1,810,863 people in 2011. 15,000 - the number of staff and students we will welcome through the new campus- equivalent to the population of Armagh. 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]. 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. [104] It hosts a yearly visual and performing arts festival. 41.21% had no or low (Level 1*) qualifications. The architecture of the Grand Opera House has an oriental theme and was completed in 1895. 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. 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. British Business Bank report reveals external finance among Northern Ireland smaller businesses increased significantly from 45% during Q3 2021 to 56% in Q3 2022, the only UK region to see a rise [38] This period of communal violence (192022) was commonly referred to as the Belfast Pogrom. One of Northern Ireland's two community TV stations, NvTv, is based in the Cathedral Quarter of the city. "New Developments in Irish Population History, 17001850", "Belfast City Council. Bus services in the city proper and the nearer suburbs are operated by Translink Metro, with services focusing on linking residential districts with the city centre on 12 quality bus corridors running along main radial roads,[200], More distant suburbs are served by Ulsterbus. This escalation in segregation, described as a "ratchet effect", has shown little sign of decreasing. [165] The Harland and Wolff shipbuilding firm was created in 1861, and by the time the Titanic was built, in 1912, it had become the largest shipyard in the world. 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