List of districts in Northern Ireland by national identity
This is a list of local government districts in Northern Ireland by national identity.
In 2011 the decennial UK Census asked respondents for the first time "How would you describe your national identity?” In Northern Ireland respondents were given a list of options (including British, Irish, and Northern Irish) from which they could choose as many as they wanted.
In nine of Northern Ireland's 26 council areas, British nationality was a higher proportion than the number of Protestants.
There was no strong correlation between Northern Irish nationality at local government level and religion or community background.
For instance the two highest areas of Northern Irish national identity were Down (34.12%) and North Down (32.95%); the former being mostly Catholic (62.51%) and the latter being mostly Protestant (73.23%).
Map of districts of Northern Ireland colour coded to show the predominant national identity in the 2011 census. Stronger green indicates a higher proportion of people describing themselves as Irish. Stronger blue indicates a higher proportion of people describing themselves as British. Percentages show the difference between the proportion of people describing themselves as Irish and the proportion of people describing themselves as British.
Map of predominant national identity in the 2011 census in Northern Ireland
Map of districts of Northern Ireland colour coded to show the predominant national identity amongst Catholics in the 2011 census. Stronger green indicates a higher proportion of Catholics describing themselves as Irish. Blue indicates more Catholics describing themselves as British than as Irish. Percentages show the difference between the proportion of Catholics describing themselves as Irish and the proportion of Catholics describing themselves as British.
Map of new districts of Northern Ireland colour coded to show the predominant national identity at the time of the 2011 census. Stronger green indicates a higher proportion of people describing themselves as Irish. Stronger blue indicates a higher proportion of people describing themselves as British.
