Census: More Catholics than Protestants for first time in Northern Ireland

The figures on religion and national identity are part of the second round of data being published from Census 2021. File Picture: PA

Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since the partition of the island, census figures show.

The Census 2021 figures, published on Thursday, show that 45.7% of the region’s population said they were either Catholic or brought up as a Catholic.