[60][61] As the target date of 2023 approaches, only a small number have been dismantled.[62]. U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Belfast city, Maine QuickFacts Belfast city, Maine Table (a) Includes persons reporting only one race (c) Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories Since 2001, boosted by increasing numbers of tourists, the city council has developed a number of cultural quarters. Belfast 400 People Places and History. 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). 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. ", Belfast actor James Martin enjoys red carpet send off from proud work colleagues, The Oscar-nominated star plans to return to the day job after his trip to Hollywood, Hillsborough bar and restaurant named one of the 'Best Gastropubs' in the UK, This is not the first time this pub has featured on the list, Fish City Belfast named 'Restaurant of the Year' at National Fish and Chip Awards, They were the only establishment to be nominated across all categories in Northern Ireland, That's What I Call Football podcast Season 5 Episode 19, This week's special guest is former Cliftonville midfielder Ryan Catney, When Diths Law will come into effect in Northern Ireland, The Department of Health has announced when Diths Law will become official in NI, Belfast Giants surge to dominant Challenge Cup final win over Fife Flyers, Adam Keefe's side defended their title with a 9-3 win over Fife Flyers on Wednesday night, NI entertainment figures speak out after shooting of PSNI officer, Paddy Kielty says attack brought back memories of his father's murder, Cliftonville legends believe club's title hopes could fall on unlikely hero, Cliftonville sit just six points off the top with eight games remaining this season, Belfast man shoplifted goods worth thousands to fund crack cocaine habit, court told, "There are green shoots in this case and there are hopes you can turn your life around", Two more arrests in PSNI offficer attempted murder investigation, A 33-year-old man was arrested in Omagh and a 57-year-old man was arrested in Belfast, Donaghadee Under 17 player scores wonder free-kick in league game, The 16-year-old scored an absolute rocket in South Belfast Youth League game, NI woman opens up about chronic disease diagnosis at age 22, She was passing blood each time she went to the toilet and had lost her appetite, Belfast parents stage protest amid concern sex offenders being housed in area. [52] The British Army, first deployed on the streets in August 1969, was also responsible for civilian deaths. This comprised 3 DUP and 1 Sinn Fin. The metro area population of Belfast in 2019 was 627,000, a 0.64% increase from 2018. [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. Next release On 21 March 2023, NISRA will publish. When the Titanic was built in Belfast in 19111912, Harland and Wolff had the largest shipyard in the world. [228], Belfast was the home town of former Manchester United player George Best, the 1968 European Footballer of the Year, who died in November 2005. Belfast's population is diversifying. [144], Belfast experienced a huge growth in population in the first half of the 20th century. [116], A legacy of the Troubles are the many 'peace lines' or 'peace walls' that still act as barriers to reinforce ethno-sectarian residential segregation in the city. Further information on the statistics that we produce is available within our main publications summary. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Today, Belfast is Northern Ireland's educational and commercial hub. [199] These are outnumbered by private hire taxis. [251], Belfast City Council is currently investing into the complete redevelopment of the Titanic Quarter, which is planned to consist of apartments, hotels, and a riverside entertainment district. Information about the range of administrative data sources used in the production of population and migration statistics. Formerly known as Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education, it specialises in vocational education. [145] Since then, the inner city numbers have dropped dramatically as people have moved to swell the Greater Belfast suburb population. 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. 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. [253], In 2018, six hotels were opened, with the biggest in Northern Ireland, the 53million Grand Central Hotel Belfast officially open to the public. The census happens only once every 10 years. The other hotels included AC Marriot, Hampton By Hilton, EasyHotel, Maldron Belfast City Centre and Flint. 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). [14], The compilers of Ulster-Scots use various transcriptions of local pronunciations of "Belfast" (with which they sometimes are also content)[15][16] including Bilfawst,[17][18] Bilfaust[19] or Baelfawst. [143], The 2001 census recorded 81,650 people from Catholic backgrounds and 79,650 people from Protestant backgrounds of working age living in Belfast. [173], Northern Ireland's peace dividend has led to soaring property prices in the city. Segregation has been present throughout the history of Belfast but has been maintained and increased by each outbreak of violence in the city. The current metro area population of Belfast in 2022 is 639,000, a 0.63% increase from 2021. 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. Weather station is located 2.5 miles (4.0km) from the Belfast city centre. [79] As an urban and coastal area, Belfast typically gets snow on fewer than 10 days per year. [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. 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. A 2021 coroner's report found that all those killed had been innocent and that the killings were "without justification". These include British only, Irish only, British and Northern Irish etc. Among the city's grandest buildings are two former banks: Ulster Bank in Waring Street (built in 1860) and Northern Bank, in nearby Donegall Street (built in 1769). If successfully completing the necessary statutory procedures, work on a grade separated junction to connect the Westlink to the M2/M3 motorways is scheduled to take place between 2014 and 2018,[198] creating a continuous link between the M1 and M2, the two main motorways in Northern Ireland. 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. It was the first aircraft manufacturing company in the world. The Globalization and World Cities Research Network listed Belfast as a Gamma + global city in 2020. They have commissioned more than 30 public sculptures since 1993. Belfast remained a small settlement of little importance during the Middle Ages. [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. [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. 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. "New Developments in Irish Population History, 17001850", "Belfast City Council. [148], Despite a period of relative peace, most areas and districts of Belfast still reflect the divided nature of Northern Ireland as a whole. Minority ethnic groups have increased in size and the number of people living here born outside the UK and Ireland is up to around one person in 15, the highest ever recorded. The Belfast City Council area in the 2011 census. 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. [150], The highest levels of segregation in the city are in west Belfast with many areas greater than 90% Catholic. [105] The Queen's Quarter in south Belfast is named after Queen's University. Please note layouts will be subject to change as tables are finalised. Many areas are still highly segregated along ethnic, political and religious lines, especially in working-class neighbourhoods. The study found that bus-based rapid transit produces positive economic results, but light rail does not. 4.34% did not have English as their first language. [226], The Northern Ireland national football team, ranked 59th as of October 2022 in the FIFA World Rankings,[227] plays its home matches at Windsor Park. Ethnicity figures also show that the white population of Belfast has fallen from 97 per cent in 2011 to 93 per cent in 2021. The census data also showed that the population continued to age. In 2021 the number of people with a white ethnic group was 1,837,600 (96.6% of the population). Telephone: +44 (0)300 200 7836. Belfast has grown by 4,186 in the last year, which represents a 0.6% annual change. The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is Northern Ireland's only full-time symphony orchestra and is well renowned in the United Kingdom. The service is being recognised as helping to modernise the city's public transport.[207]. Liverpool University Press. [145] An area of deprivation is found in the inner parts of the north and west of the city. 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. 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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. [127] The Belfast Naturalists' Field Club was founded in 1863 and is administered by National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland. BBC Radio 4's World reported furthermore that despite higher levels of corporation tax in the UK than in the Republic. Belfast expanded very rapidly from being a market town to becoming an industrial city during the course of the 19th century. [24] In 1616, after the Nine Years' War, the last of the local line, Conn O'Neill (remembered in Connswater River),[25] was forced to sell their remaining stronghold, the Grey Castle or Castle Reagh (An Caislen Riabhach in Irish)[26] in the hills to the east of Belfast, together with surrounding lands, to English and Scottish adventurers. There are currently five weather observing stations in the Belfast area: Helen's Bay, Stormont, Newforge, Castlereagh, and Ravenhill Road. The industrial estate and docklands BT3. 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. To sign up to our FREE newsletters, see here. The Belfast Giants are a huge brand in Northern Ireland and their increasing stature in the game led to the Belfast Giants playing the Boston Bruins of the NHL on 2 October 2010 at the SSE Arena in Belfast, losing the game 51. Media Queries [163][164], Belfast harbour was dredged in 1845 to provide deeper berths for larger ships. 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. 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. Belfast: A Profile of the City. The Giants have been league champions 6 times, most recently in the 202122 season. On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Belfast Local Government District was 333,871 accounting for 18.44% of the NI total. "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]. A major visitor attraction, Titanic Belfast is a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard, opened on 31 March 2012. [212], In 200405, art and cultural events in Belfast were attended by 1.8million people (400,000 more than the previous year). [114][115] The dome is 173ft (53m) high and figures above the door state "Hibernia encouraging and promoting the Commerce and Arts of the City".[116]. 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. 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 2021 Census recorded 967,000 females. In 1864 and 1886 the issue had helped trigger deadly sectarian riots. The latest census was the first to be held since the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016, which has prompted an increase in applications for Irish passports in Northern Ireland. [12][13] This area became the hub around which the original settlement developed. 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. Let us know what you think in the comments below. 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. 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. [54] In all, over 1,600 people were killed in political violence in the city between 1969 and 2001. 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? There is, however, a combined ferry and rail ticket between Belfast and cities in Great Britain, which is referred to as SailRail. Belfast contains most of Northern Ireland's regional specialist centres. Some 24 chicks fledged from eight known breeding pairs - a 500% increase in chicks from 2021 . [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. Bank Street in the city centre referred to the river bank and Bridge Street was named for the site of an early Farset bridge. [152][153], Ethnic minority communities have been in Belfast since the 1930s. The area has a large student population and hosts the annual Belfast International Arts Festival each autumn. Belfast City Council takes part in the twinning scheme,[256] and is twinned with the following sister cities: The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City of Belfast. The site of Belfast has been occupied since the Bronze Age. The zoo houses more than 1,200 animals of 140 species including Asian elephants, Barbary lions, Malayan sun bears (one of the few in the United Kingdom), two species of penguin, a family of western lowland gorillas, a troop of common chimpanzees, a pair of red pandas, a pair of Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos and Francois' langurs. In addition 17.4% had No religion, a marked increase on 2011 of 10.1% and points to the increased secularisation of our population. [111][112] The district of Ballyhackamore has even acquired the name "Ballysnackamore" due to the preponderance of dining establishments in the area.[113]. And coastal area, Belfast experienced a huge growth in population in the world 17001850 '', Belfast. 1969, was also responsible for civilian deaths, is Northern Ireland 's peace dividend has led soaring... And Wolff had the largest shipyard in the 202122 season vocational Education the Belfast Naturalists ' Field Club founded! 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