The second release of the Northern Ireland census 2011 came out yesterday with data on identity and religion.has created maps showing how religion breaks down by council area

The second release of the census 2011, released yesterday, showed some interesting figures for Northern Ireland. Religion and identity in particular were big talking points.

Our coverage looked at a range of the data published from health to unemployment and migration but investigative news site The Detail have broken down the religion figures further by mapping them by council area.

Created by Kathryn Torney at The Detail, the below Google fusion maps were compiled using data from the 2001 household survey and results from the 2011 census and the data was mapped using the address of each council's headquarters. The two maps below show stated religion and religion/religion brought up and the third map is our version of Kathryn's identity map showing the proportions who consider themselves to be British, Irish and Northern Irish.

Stated religion

View NI Census: Stated Religion in a full screen map

In 2011, 40.7% of people described themselves as Catholic, 19% Protestant, 13.7% Church of Ireland, 3% Methodist, 5.8% other Christian, 0.8% other religion and 16.9% no religion or none stated.

Religion/ religion brought up

View NI Census: Religion/religion brought up in in a full screen map

Respondents who did not state a religion were asked what religion they were brought up in. Bringing together the information on religion and 'religion brought up in', the map shows that in 2011, 45% of Northern Ireland's population were Catholic or brought up Catholic, 48% were Protestant or brought up Protestant or other Christian and 5.6% neither belonged to nor had been brought up in a religion.

Identity

National identity mapped for Northern Ireland. Click on the image for the full-size interactive map

Inspired by Kathryn's Google fusion map on identity, the Guardian's John Burn-Murdoch has created the above map showing the proportions who consider themselves to be British, Irish and Northern Irish using data from the 2011 census. Click on the image above to explore the interactive map.

SOURCE: The Detail

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