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2011 Census results

Information about the 2011 Census outputs, reports and supporting information.

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).

Download the 2011 Census table lookups to search all 2011 Census tables by topic.

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Population and household estimates

Population and household estimates (2011)

Key Statistics

Key Statistics (KS) tables provide summary statistics for the majority of census questions and topics.

Quick Statistics

Quick Statistics (QS) tables provide the most detailed information available from the census about a single topic.

Detailed Characteristics

Detailed Characteristics (DC) tables provide more detailed multivariate tables covering a wide variety of census variables.

Local Characteristics

Local Characteristics (LC) also contains multivariate tables; however they contain less detail than Detailed Characteristics.

Alternative populations

Statistics are available for three alternative populations: Short-Term Resident Population, Daytime Population and Workplace Population.

Specialist products

Microdata are small samples of data for whole households and individuals.

Commissioned output

2011 Census commissioned outputs are produced in response to user requests.

Grid square

The combined grid square product provides basic 2011 Census statistics for a combination of 1 kilometre and 100-metre grid squares in NI.

UK census outputs

UK censuses took place on 27 March 2011. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for disseminating census statistics for the UK.

Headcount and household estimates

Headcount and household estimate tables for Ward (2014) from the 2011 Census are available to download.

Ireland and Northern Ireland

The Census 2011 Ireland and Northern Ireland report presents comprehensive census of population results for both Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Supporting information

A selection of reports and documents relating to the 2011 Census results.

Last updated: 09 May 2025

Related to 2011 Census results

Publications

  • CT0613NI National Statistics Socio-economic Classification of Household Reference Person (HRP) by tenure

    Published 28 January 2025
  • CT0612NI Country of birth (full detail) by sex

    Published 27 January 2025
  • CT0611NI Usual resident population by residence type, households, and average household size

    Published 20 January 2025
  • CT0609NI Households

    Published 17 December 2024
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Links

  • Official Statistics producer – Upholding Trust, Quality and Value
  • General Register Office - registration and certification of life events relating to births, deaths and marriages
  • nidirect.gov.uk – the official government website for Northern Ireland citizens
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