Labour Force Survey Religion Report 2016: Local Government District Bulletin
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The Executive Office (TEO) today published the ‘Labour Force Survey Religion Report 2016: Local Government District Bulletin’.
Building on the ‘Labour Force Survey Religion Report 2016’, published in January 2018, this bulletin provides labour market analysis by religion for the 11 Local Government Districts in Northern Ireland.
Key findings
In Mid and East Antrim (72%), Ards and North Down (65%), and Lisburn and Castlereagh (52%) in 2016, it was estimated that the majority of the working age population were Protestant.
Catholic majorities among the working age population were estimated in Derry City and Strabane (72%), Newry, Mourne and Down (71%), Mid Ulster (62%), and Fermanagh and Omagh (57%).
In 2016, the highest employment rates for Protestants were in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, and Newry, Mourne and Down, where three quarters (75%) of working age Protestants were employed. The working age employment rate for Protestants was lowest in Causeway Coast and Glens (58%).
In 2016, working age employment rates for Catholics were highest in Antrim and Newtownabbey (83%), Mid and East Antrim (83%), and Lisburn and Castlereagh (80%). This rate was lowest in Derry City and Strabane, where just over a half (51%) of working age Catholics were employed.
The report and associated data tables can be downloaded via the Statistics and Research section of the TEO website.
Notes to editors:
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