Appendix 4: Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council population by Section 75 dimension

 

The usually resident population of the Council area at the 2011 Census was 140,877.

 

Religious belief

On Census Day 2011, 37 per cent of population of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council came from a Catholic community background and 48 per cent from a Protestant background. However, this varies across the Council area. The table below shows the demographic make-up of each area affected by this policy.

 

Census          CC&G           Ballymoney       Coleraine          Limavady        Portrush        Portstewart         Northern
2011              Borough                                                                                                                                   Ireland
                      Council

Roman
Catholic          37.0%           17.2%              24.1%               44.4%                24.8%           35.5%               40.8%

Protestant
and other
Christian
(including      48.4%             72.6%            68.1%               51.8%                66.9%            57.0%              41.6%
Christian
related)

Other
Religions       0.6%               0.8%              1.2%                0.4%                  0.8%                1.0%                0.8%

None / Not
Stated            5.6%              5.8%               6.7%               3.4%                   7.5%               6.4%                6.8%

 

 

 

Political opinion

The following table presents the results of the 2019 local government elections for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.[22]

Party                First preference votes             Vote share            Seats won

DUP                    15371                                      30.4                    14

Sinn Féin            11221                                       22.2                     9

UUP                     7725                                       15.3                     7

SDLP                   4686                                         9.3                     6

Alliance                4058                                          8                       2

TUV                     2177                                        4.3

Independent        2039                                          4

PUP                    1576                                         3.1

Aont                      992                                          2

UKIP                     350                                         0.7

Green                   331                                         0.7

Conservative        112                                         0.2

 

Ethnicity

One Census Day 2011, nearly 99 per cent of the population of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was from a white racial background.[23]

 

                                      CC&G Borough Council               Northern Ireland

White                                         98.97                                      98.21

Irish Traveller                              0.03                                        0.07

Chinese                                      0.24                                        0.35

Indian                                         0.16                                        0.34

Pakistani                                    0.03                                        0.06

Bangladeshi                               0.01                                        0.03

Other Asian                                0.15                                        0.28

Black Caribbean                        0.01                                        0.02

Black African                             0.05                                         0.13

Other Black                               0.01                                         0.05

Mixed                                        0.25                                         0.33

Other ethnic group                    0.09                                         0.13

 

 

Age

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has a slightly older population than the Northern Ireland average based on mid-year estimates for 2019.[24]

 

                                            CC&G Borough Council          Northern Ireland

Under 15                             28,600 (19.74%)                         395,800 (20.88%)

16-44                                   89,200 (61.56%)                      1,179,700 (62.24%)

45-59                                   23,900 (16.49%)                         280,600 (14.80%)

60 and over                            3,200 (2.21%)                             39,400 (2.08%)

 

 

Marital status

The following table shows the marital status of the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council population on Census day 2011. [25]

 

                                     CC&G Borough Council (%)          Northern Ireland (%)

Single                               32.55                                          33.11

Married                             50.02                                         48.45

Re-married                        2.66                                            2.67

Separated                         3.23                                            3.84

Divorced                           4.14                                             4.12

Widowed                           7.42                                            7.81

 

 

 

Sexual orientation

Several UK- and NI-based studies have attempted to quantify the number of people who identify as LGBTQ+. Estimates for the LGBTQ+ population range from 0.3 to 10 per cent using different sources. A commonly used estimate of LGBTQ+ people in the UK, accepted by Stonewall UK, is approximately 5 to 7 per cent of the population.

The Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (2020) provides the following information on the sexual orientation of people in Northern Ireland (this information is not available at local government level):

                                                                        %

 I am “gay” or “lesbian” (homosexual)              3

 I am heterosexual or “straight”                       94

 I am bi-sexual                                                  2

 Other                                                               1

 

 

 
Gender

On Census day 2011, 51 per cent of the population of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was male and 49 per cent female. [26]

 

                           CC&G Borough Council             Northern Ireland

Male                          50.88%                                 48.74%

Female                      49.12%                                 51.26%

 

 

 

 

People with a disability

One in five people in Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council had a disability on Census day 2011.[27]

 

                                                 CC&G Borough Council               Northern Ireland

People with disability                20.17%                                         20.69%

People without a disability        79.83%                                         79.31%

 

 

 

People with or without dependents

On Census day 2011, 28 per cent of households in the borough reported having dependent children and 11 per cent of residents provided long-term care for an adult.[28]

 

                                            CC&G Borough Council                   Northern Ireland

Households with
dependent children               28.37%                                             36.19%

Persons providing
unpaid care to another
because of long-term
physical or mental                10.73%                                             11.82%
ill-health/disability,
or problems related
to old age

 

 

[22] www.ark.ac.uk/elections/flg19.htm

[23] Source: Northern Ireland Statistics website, www.nisra.gov.uk. Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO.

[24] Source : Northern Ireland Statistics website: www.nisra.gov.uk 
2019 Mid Year Population Estimates for Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (nisra.gov.uk). Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO.

[25] Source: Northern Ireland Statistics website, www.nisra.gov.uk. Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO.

[26] Source: Northern Ireland Statistics website, www.nisra.gov.uk. Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO.

[27] Source: Northern Ireland Statistics website, www.nisra.gov.uk. Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO.

[28] Source: Northern Ireland Statistics website, www.nisra.gov.uk. Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO.