Newtownabbey - Demography

Demography

Newtownabbey Urban Area is classified as a large town (i.e. with population between 18,000 and 75,000 people) by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) and is within the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area (BMUA). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 62,056 people living in Newtownabbey. Of these:

• 21.8% were aged under 16 years and 19.1% were aged 60 and over
• 48.1% of the population were male and 51.9% were female
• 19.4% were from a Catholic background and 76.2% were from a Protestant background.
• 3.2% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.

For more details see: Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service