Over half the people living in Derry regard themselves as Irish, figures just released show.
The figures are contained in the latest results from the 2011 Census released by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) which also shows Catholics outnumber Protestants by almost three to one in the city.
The Census, held on 27 March, 2011, shows 107,877 (5.96% of the North’s population) were living in the Derry City Council area – an increase of 2.68% from the 2001 Census.
Figures show 106,500 people (98.72%) were living in 40,779 households, giving an average of size 2.61 per household. The remaining 1,377 pe0ple (1.28%) were living in communal establishments.
The average age of the population was 35 years with 22.45% aged under-16 and 11.91% were 65 and over
49.80% of the population were male while 51.20% were female.
1.67% came from an ethnic minority with 98.33% were white.
74.83% said they belonged to or were brought up Catholic and 22,34% were Protestant with 9% said they were christian.
23.69 indicated they were British, 55.3% Irish while 24.59 regarded themselves as Northern Irish.
14.13% had some knowledge of Irish, 4.49% had some knowledge of Ulster Scots while 1.87% did not have English as their first language.
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