Two academics give their analysis of the latest Census 2021 results
The latest Census 2021 results show that people in Northern Ireland have a "multiplicity of identities", experts have said.
On identity, 42.8% considered themselves as British either solely or along with other national identities, while 33.3% were Irish either solely or with other identities, and 31.5% were Northern Irish. "What you see now is a growing secularisation. And what you also see too is a growth of people who have more than one national identity, so people who have got different identities.Dr Shuttleworth, of the School of Natural and Built Environment, said the figures on religious background are a continuation of trends seen in previous surveys.
"It's interesting that it shows there's change, but there's increasing complexity. People express a multiplicity of identities. Young people generally tend to be more pluralistic in their identity," he said. The Census also showed a 63.5% increase in the number of people in Northern Ireland who hold an Irish passport, rising from 375,800 in 2011 to 614,300 in 2021.
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