Northern Ireland Country

Created: 1922  

Statistics

Statistical comparisons will be made with (change comparison)


Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Learning & Language

Learning & Language

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.
Work & Poverty

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Birthplace & Religion

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.

We know of no alternate names.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NORTHERN IRELAND Government Region     Great Britain Historical GIS Project
ANTRIM Irish County 1922   National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Place Names
ARMAGH Irish County 1922   National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Place Names
DOWN Irish County 1922   National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Place Names
FERMANAGH Irish County 1922   National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Place Names
LONDONDERRY Irish County 1922   National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Place Names
TYRONE Irish County 1922   National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Place Names
BELFAST CfC Primary Urban Area     Centre for Cities, Primary Urban Areas: Spatial definitions
ANTRIM District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
ARDS District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
ARDS AND NORTH DOWN District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
ARMAGH CITY District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
ARMAGH CITY BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
BALLYMENA District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
BALLYMONEY District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
BANBRIDGE District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
BELFAST District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
BELFAST District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
CARRICKFERGUS District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
CASTLEREAGH District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
COLERAINE District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
COOKSTOWN District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
CRAIGAVON District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
DERRY District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
DERRY CITY AND STRABANE District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
DOWN District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
DUNGANNON AND SOUTH TYRONE District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
FERMANAGH District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
FERMANAGH AND OMAGH District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
LARNE District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
LIMAVADY District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
LISBURN District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
MAGHERAFELT District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
MID AND EAST ANTRIM District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
MID ULSTER District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
MOYLE District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
NEWRY AND MOURNE District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
NEWRY MOURNE AND DOWN District/Unitary Authority 01 Apr 2015   Northern Ireland Acts and Orders (Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008)
NEWTOWNABBEY District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
NORTH DOWN District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
OMAGH District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
STRABANE District/Unitary Authority 01 Oct 1973 01 Apr 2015 Census of Population (Northern Ireland Census 2011 Key Statistics)
BELFAST EAST PBDivCon/BCon Constituency 1922   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BELFAST NORTH PBDivCon/BCon Constituency 1922   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BELFAST SOUTH AND MID DOWN PBDivCon/BCon Constituency 1922   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
BELFAST WEST PBDivCon/BCon Constituency 1922   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
CO ANTRIM PCon Constituency 1922 1948 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
CO ARMAGH PCon/CCon Constituency 1922 1982 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
CO DOWN PCon Constituency 1922 1948 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
CO FERMANAGH AND TYRONE PCon Constituency 1922 1948 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
CO LONDONDERRY PCon/CCon Constituency 1922 1982 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
EAST ANTRIM CCon Constituency 1983   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
EAST LONDONDERRY CCon Constituency 1983   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
FERMANAGH AND SOUTH TYRONE CCon Constituency 1949   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
FOYLE CCon Constituency 1983   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
LAGAN VALLEY CCon Constituency 1983   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
MID ULSTER CCon Constituency 1949   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
NEWRY AND ARMAGH CCon Constituency 1983   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
NORTH ANTRIM CCon Constituency 1949   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
NORTH DOWN CCon Constituency 1949   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST UniCon Constituency 1918 1948 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
SOUTH ANTRIM CCon Constituency 1949   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
SOUTH DOWN CCon Constituency 1949   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
STRANGFORD CCon Constituency 1983   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
UPPER BANN CCon Constituency 1983   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
WEST TYRONE CCon Constituency 1997   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

We know of no associations with other units.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
UNITED KINGDOM Sov Country 1922   Great Britain Historical GIS Project

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Boundary Map of Northern Ireland Country

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Maps

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Northern Ireland (Country) through time, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/10001067

Date accessed: 06th December 2025