More Catholics than Protestants recorded in Northern Ireland for first time in its history
Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock THE NORTHERN IRELAND Census has recorded a higher total number of Catholics than Protestants for the first time in the region’s 100-year history.
“In 2021, the main current religions were: Catholic ; Presbyterian ; Church of Ireland ; Methodist ; Other Christian denominations ; and Other religions ,” the Census figures outline. In 2011, the Census recorded 48% of the population as being either Protestant or brought up Protestant, down five percentage points on 2001. The Catholic population that year was 45%, up one percentage point on 2001.It found a decrease in UK passports and significant increase in Irish passports, though UK passports still outnumber Irish ones.
52.6% of usual residents in Northern Ireland held a UK passport as either their sole passport or along with a passport for another country.3.9% held a European passport and 1.6% held passports from other countries in the world.At that time, 40% said they had a British-only national identity, 25% said they had an Irish-only identity and 21% saw their identity as being only Northern Irish.
“In contrast, the number of people who are ‘Irish only’ is up from 457,500 in 2011 to 554,400 in 2021.
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