§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the latest estimates by the Registrar General of(a) total populations and (b) populations aged 18 years old and over for each district council area in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information requested. taken from the 1990 mid-year estimates of population, is as follows:
Figures on age breakdown of the population to district council level are not produced in mid-year estimates. However, this information will be included in the Northern Ireland census 1991 summary report, to be published in the autumn.
District council area Population (to nearest 100) Ards 65,400 Belfast 295,100 Castlereagh 58,100 Down 57,700 Lisburn 98,700 North Down 72,600 Antrim 47,600 Ballymena 57,300 Ballymoney 24,100 Carrickfergus 31,000 Coleraine 48,600 Cookstown 27,700 Larne 29,000 Magherafelt 33,200 Moyle 15,000 Newtownabbey 72,900 Armagh 49,100 Banbridge 32,100 Craigavon 78,200 Dungannon 43,800 Newry and Mourne 89,700 Fermanagh 50,600 Limavady 29,900 Derry 100,500 Omagh 45,800 Strabane 35,700