Northern Ireland (Great Britain): Local Government Districts & Settlements

Local Government Districts

The population of all Local Government Districts in Northern Ireland.

Name	Status	Population census 1981-04-05	Population census 1991-04-05	Population census 2001-04-29	Population estimate 2008-06-30
Antrim	Local Government District	44,384	44,516	48,366	53,243	o
Ards	Local Government District	57,626	64,764	73,244	77,614	o
Armagh	Local Government District	47,618	51,817	54,263	58,173	o
Ballymena	Local Government District	54,426	56,641	58,610	62,738	o
Ballymoney	Local Government District	22,873	24,198	26,894	30,106	o
Banbridge	Local Government District	29,885	33,482	41,392	46,966	o
Belfast	Local Government District	295,223	279,237	277,391	268,323	o
Carrickfergus	Local Government District	28,458	32,750	37,659	40,031	o
Castlereagh	Local Government District	60,757	60,799	66,488	66,205	o
Coleraine	Local Government District	46,727	50,438	56,315	57,006	o
Cookstown	Local Government District	26,624	31,082	32,581	35,944	o
Craigavon	Local Government District	71,202	74,986	80,671	90,843	o
Derry	Local Government District	83,384	95,371	105,066	109,097	o
Down	Local Government District	53,869	58,008	63,828	69,816	o
Dungannon	Local Government District	41,073	45,428	47,735	55,386	o
Fermanagh	Local Government District	51,008	54,033	57,527	61,966	o
Larne	Local Government District	28,929	29,419	30,832	31,292	o
Limavady	Local Government District	26,270	29,567	32,422	34,117	o
Lisburn	Local Government District	82,091	99,458	108,694	114,766	o
Magherafelt	Local Government District	30,825	36,293	39,780	43,844	o
Moyle	Local Government District	14,252	14,789	15,933	16,876	o
Newry and Mourne	Local Government District	72,243	82,943	87,058	97,289	o
Newtownabbey	Local Government District	71,631	74,035	79,995	82,744	o
North Down	Local Government District	65,849	71,832	76,323	78,889	o
Omagh	Local Government District	41,159	45,809	47,952	52,115	o
Strabane	Local Government District	35,028	36,141	38,248	39,614	o
Northern Ireland	Constituent Country	1,481,959	1,577,836	1,685,267	1,775,003

Contents: Settlements

All urban areas ("settlements") in Northern Ireland with 1000 inhabitants or more.

Name	Status	Local Government District	Agglomeration	Population census 1981-04-05	Population census 1991-04-05	Population census 2001-04-29	Population estimate 2008-06-30
Ahoghill	Settlement	Ballymena		1,082	1,686	3,027	3,335	o
Annahilt	Village	Lisburn		357	1,110	1,131	1,115	o
Annalong	Village	Newry and Mourne		1,823	1,832	1,761	1,919	o
Antrim	Town	Antrim		22,342	20,878	19,986	21,819	o
Ardglass	Village	Down		1,282	1,651	1,659	1,605	o
Armagh	City	Armagh		12,700	14,265	14,517	15,020	o
Ballinamallard	Village	Fermanagh		686	1,068	1,326	1,490	o
Ballycastle	Town	Moyle		3,284	4,005	5,073	5,480	o
Ballyclare	Town	Newtownabbey		6,159	7,108	8,772	9,729	o
Ballygowan	Settlement	Ards		1,123	2,289	2,670	2,828	o
Ballykelly	Village	Limavady		1,166	2,140	1,827	1,872	o
Ballymena	Town	Ballymena		28,166	28,112	28,704	29,782	o
Ballymoney	Town	Ballymoney		5,679	7,818	9,009	10,355	o
Ballynahinch	Town	Down		3,721	4,591	5,334	5,633	o
Ballywalter	Village	Ards		1,019	1,073	1,419	1,647	o
Banbridge	Town	Banbridge		9,650	11,448	14,748	15,989	o
Bangor	Town	North Down	Belfast	46,585	52,437	58,368	60,260	o
Belfast	Urban Area	Belfast	Belfast	295,223	279,237	276,705	267,742	o
Bellaghy	Village	Magherafelt		905	1,041	1,071	1,107	o
Broughshane	Settlement	Ballymena		1,503	1,873	2,349	2,746	o
Bushmills	Village	Moyle		1,381	1,348	1,314	1,343	o
Carnlough	Village	Larne		1,462	1,493	1,440	1,464	o
Carrickfergus	Town	Carrickfergus	Belfast	17,633	22,786	27,192	28,853	o
Carryduff	Town	Castlereagh	Belfast	2,666	4,270	6,564	6,566	o
Castledawson	Village	Magherafelt		1,460	1,691	2,085	2,342	o
Castlederg	Settlement	Strabane		1,730	2,579	2,739	2,935	o
Castlereagh	Urban Area	Castlereagh	Belfast	...	...	54,636	54,394	o
Castlerock	Village	Coleraine		999	1,023	1,326	1,324	o
Castlewellan	Settlement	Down		2,105	2,133	2,367	2,909	o
Claudy	Village	Derry		913	970	1,323	1,445	o
Cloughmills	Village	Ballymoney		951	933	1,224	1,391	o
Coalisland	Town	Dungannon		3,324	3,802	4,872	5,555	o
Cogry Kilbride	Village	Newtownabbey		...	...	1,167	1,297	o
Coleraine	Town	Coleraine		15,967	20,721	24,042	24,455	o
Comber	Town	Ards		7,600	8,333	8,952	8,933	o
Cookstown	Town	Cookstown		7,649	9,842	10,566	12,006	o
Craigavon and Bleary	Urban Area	Craigavon		53,049	53,434	57,651	65,136	o
Crossgar	Village	Down		1,225	1,246	1,542	1,860	o
Crossmaglen	Village	Newry and Mourne		1,333	1,586	1,449	1,592	o
Crumlin	Settlement	Antrim		1,708	1,762	4,248	5,117	o
Cullybackey	Settlement	Ballymena		2,098	2,167	2,388	2,595	o
Culmore	Settlement	Derry	Derry	217	1,116	2,937	3,858	o
Cushendall	Village	Moyle		1,077	1,285	1,242	1,363	o
Doagh	Village	Newtownabbey		689	961	1,119	1,296	o
Dollingstown	Village	Craigavon		604	877	1,830	2,081	o
Donaghadee	Town	Ards		3,874	4,455	6,474	6,856	o
Downpatrick	Town	Down		8,245	10,113	10,320	10,737	o
Draperstown	Village	Magherafelt		1,300	1,409	1,626	1,815	o
Dromore	Town	Banbridge		3,089	3,434	4,959	5,602	o
Dromore	Village	Omagh		...	...	1,095	1,258	o
Drumaness	Village	Down		700	1,026	1,269	1,300	o
Dundrum	Village	Down		1,037	1,004	1,062	1,522	o
Dungannon	Town	Dungannon		8,295	9,190	10,983	14,380	o
Dungiven	Settlement	Limavady		2,249	2,812	2,988	3,244	o
Dunloy	Village	Ballymoney		1,089	1,119	1,044	1,263	o
Eglinton	Settlement	Derry		1,252	1,658	3,150	3,821	o
Enniskillen	Town	Fermanagh		10,429	11,436	13,560	13,757	o
Fintona	Village	Omagh		1,353	1,324	1,344	1,407	o
Fivemiletown	Village	Dungannon		976	1,107	1,104	1,356	o
Garvagh	Village	Coleraine		1,214	1,091	1,278	1,322	o
Gilford	Village	Banbridge		1,512	1,551	1,548	1,893	o
Glenavy	Village	Lisburn		396	497	1,071	1,597	o
Greenisland	Urban Area	Carrickfergus	Belfast	5,103	4,967	5,067	5,498	o
Greyabbey	Village	Ards		750	697	1,002	1,037	o
Greysteel	Village	Limavady		958	1,029	1,224	1,504	o
Groomsport and Crawfordsburn	Village	North Down	Belfast	1,038	1,436	1,401	1,676	o
Helens Bay	Village	North Down	Belfast	1,249	1,268	1,356	1,447	o
Hillsborough	Settlement	Lisburn		1,190	2,407	3,396	3,738	o
Holywood	Urban Area	North Down	Belfast	9,462	9,252	12,027	12,131	o
Irvinestown	Village	Fermanagh		1,827	1,906	1,797	2,081	o
Keady	Settlement	Armagh		2,561	2,467	2,937	3,262	o
Kells Connor	Village	Ballymena		...	...	1,737	2,066	o
Kilkeel	Town	Newry and Mourne		6,036	6,024	6,297	6,574	o
Killyleagh	Settlement	Down		2,094	2,221	2,490	3,028	o
Kilrea	Village	Coleraine		1,320	1,271	1,509	1,544	o
Kircubbin	Village	Ards		1,081	1,098	1,218	1,188	o
Larne	Town	Larne		18,224	17,575	18,210	18,323	o
Limavady	Town	Limavady		8,015	10,350	12,075	12,669	o
Lisbellaw	Village	Fermanagh		511	632	1,041	1,277	o
Lisburn	Urban Area	Lisburn	Belfast	...	...	71,403	72,315	o
Lisnaskea	Settlement	Fermanagh		1,568	2,367	2,730	2,880	o
Londonderry	City	Derry	Derry	62,697	72,334	83,652	85,016	o
Maghaberry	Village	Lisburn		...	1,009	1,692	2,363	o
Maghera	Settlement	Magherafelt		1,953	2,876	3,648	3,886	o
Magherafelt	Town	Magherafelt		5,044	6,682	8,289	8,881	o
Magheralin	Village	Craigavon		911	1,075	1,134	1,403	o
Markethill	Village	Armagh		1,264	1,337	1,290	1,594	o
Millisle	Village	Ards		1,373	1,531	1,791	2,089	o
Milltown	Village	Lisburn	Belfast	...	...	1,356	1,453	o
Moira	Settlement	Lisburn		1,453	2,772	3,669	4,221	o
Moneymore	Village	Cookstown		1,266	1,231	1,371	1,877	o
Moy	Village	Dungannon		852	875	1,209	1,621	o
Newbuildings	Settlement	Derry	Derry	1,815	2,025	2,496	2,626	o
Newcastle	Town	Down		6,246	7,214	7,431	7,723	o
Newry	City	Newry and Mourne		22,182	24,765	27,300	29,946	o
Newtownabbey	Urban Area	Newtownabbey	Belfast	58,666	58,231	62,022	61,713	o
Newtownards	Town	Ards		20,531	23,869	27,795	28,437	o
Newtownstewart	Village	Strabane		1,425	1,520	1,467	1,541	o
Omagh	Town	Omagh		14,627	17,280	19,836	21,297	o
Portaferry	Settlement	Ards		2,148	2,324	2,478	2,514	o
Portavogie	Village	Ards		1,420	1,482	1,593	2,042	o
Portglenone	Village	Ballymena		969	1,193	1,191	1,261	o
Portrush	Town	Coleraine		5,114	5,598	6,345	6,640	o
Portstewart	Town	Coleraine		5,312	6,459	7,803	7,368	o
Randalstown	Town	Antrim		3,591	3,925	4,944	5,356	o
Rathfriland	Village	Banbridge		2,243	2,126	2,061	2,575	o
Richhill	Settlement	Armagh		1,728	2,709	2,808	2,679	o
Rostrevor	Settlement	Newry and Mourne		1,852	2,269	2,433	2,556	o
Saintfield	Settlement	Down		1,419	2,168	2,955	3,445	o
Seahill	Village	North Down	Belfast	...	...	1,179	1,183	o
Sion Mills	Village	Strabane		1,771	1,676	2,073	1,933	o
Strabane	Town	Strabane		10,340	11,670	13,380	13,875	o
Strathfoyle	Village	Derry	Derry	2,050	1,703	1,578	2,011	o
Tandragee	Settlement	Armagh		2,224	2,871	3,018	3,249	o
Templepatrick	Village	Antrim		991	1,383	1,551	1,528	o
Waringstown	Settlement	Craigavon		1,167	1,831	2,523	3,196	o
Warrenpoint	Town	Newry and Mourne		4,798	5,408	6,981	7,605	o
Whitehead	Settlement	Carrickfergus		3,546	3,761	3,711	3,869	o

Source: The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (web).

2011-07-06WWW.CITYPOPULATION.DE

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Local Government Districts

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