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This is a list of districts in Northern Ireland by religion or religion brought up in. In the 2001 decennial census, the Census Office for Northern Ireland (CONI) asked a new question to attempt to achieve a more accurate depiction of the balance of the mainly unionist Protestant and mainly nationalist Catholic communities across Northern Ireland.
Meanwhile, 1.3% of the population belonged to other religions, 17.4% stated they were non-religious and 1.5% did not state a religious or non-religious identity. [1] The Catholic Church has seen a small growth in adherents, while the other recorded Christian groups have seen a decrease.
The difference between the two measurements is higher for Protestants than for Catholics, and is higher among younger people. Geographically, using Religion instead of Religious Background does not change the areas where Catholic outnumber Protestants, or vice versa, but results in some regions where a majority turns into a plurality.
The differing age profiles of Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Catholic communities are key to understanding the region’s shifting demography, the head of the census has said.
Catholic Percentage by DEA (2014) between 2001 and 2021 Protestant percentage by DEA( 2014) between 2001 and 2021 Similarly to the trend across all of Northern Ireland, the Protestant population within the city has been in decline, while the non-religious, other religious and Catholic population has risen.
A combination of political, religious and social differences plus the threat of intercommunal tensions and violence has led to widespread self-segregation of the two communities. Catholics and Protestants lead largely separate lives in a situation that some have dubbed "self-imposed apartheid". [1]
The Constitution of Ireland says that the state may not endorse any particular religion and guarantees freedom of religion. In the 2022 census, 69.1% (3.5 million) of the population identified as Catholic. [1] The next largest group after Catholic was "no religion" at 14%. [1]
The Catholic Church in Ireland, or Irish Catholic Church, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See. With 3.5 million members (in the Republic of Ireland), it is the largest Christian church in Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland's 2022 census, 69% of the population identified as Roman Catholic. [2]