Census 2011: Key Statistics for Northern Ireland

As outlined earlier, this report provides Census results for Northern Ireland on Census Day, 27 March 2011. A full list of definitions and output classifications will be contained in the 2011 Census Definitions and Output Classifications report which will be published alongside this release and will be available on the NISRA website at: www.nisra.gov.uk

All questions included in the 2001 Census were included in the 2011 Census with the exception of questions relating to amenities, lowest floor level of accommodation, whether all rooms in a household were located on a single floor and number of employees at place of work. The answer categories in some questions, such as educational qualifications, were updated. Other questions on, for example, marital and same-sex civil partnership status and hours worked have been restructured. Further detail can be found in the Comparability of the Census questionnaire in Northern Ireland between 2001 & 2011 document on the NISRA website at: www.nisra.gov.uk. There were also new questions on household adaptations, last country lived in, date arrived in Northern Ireland, passports held, national identity, main language, use of English as a main language, ability in Ulster-Scots, adapted accommodation, nature of long-term conditions and voluntary work.

The Census questions asked of all people covered:
• relationship to others in the household;
• sex, age (date of birth) and marital and same-sex civil partnership status;
• whether schoolchild/full-time student;
• term-time address (where applicable);
• Irish language and Ulster-Scots language;
• main language;
• religion or religion brought up in;
• country of birth;
• ethnic group, national identity and passports held;
• general health, long-term health problem or disability and nature of long-term conditions;
• provision of unpaid care;
• intention to stay and whether lived outside Northern Ireland;
• usual address one year ago.
Further questions asked of those aged 16 and over covered:
• educational qualifications;
• economic activity and employment status;
• occupation and industry of employment;
• address of workplace or place of study;
• method of travel to work or place of study;
• voluntary work;
• hours worked.

In addition, the person filling in the form in each household was asked about:
• type of accommodation and whether it was self-contained;
• number of rooms;
• presence and type of central heating;
• availability of cars or vans;
• whether accommodation adapted;
• tenure;
• landlord.

Finding Information in this Report
This report contains 45 tables, covering the majority of topics contained in the Census. Within each table, results are presented for Northern Ireland. The actual counts underlying the percentages in this report are available on the Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service (NINIS) website. Complementary statistics for Northern Ireland’s Local Government Districts, Health and Social Care Trusts, Education and Library Boards, NUTS level III (European
Union Nomenclature of Units for Territorial
Statistics) areas are also available at: www.nisra.gov.uk/ninis.

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