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Research: Fionnuala McKenna
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Local Government Boundaries Commissioner
Final Recommendations, 1992
Population and Electorate of Local Government Districts
|
District |
Area (km2) [1]
|
Population (to nearest 100) [2]
|
Electorate [3] |
No. of Wards |
Average Ward Electorate |
|
1991 |
Increase/ Decrease |
1984 |
|
1992 |
1984 |
1992 |
|
Antrim |
577.9 |
44,300 |
29,937 |
+ 2,889 |
19 |
|
19 |
1,424 |
1,576 |
|
Ards |
380.7 |
64,000 |
48,467 |
+ 7,421 |
20 |
+3 |
23 |
2,052 |
2,107 |
|
Armagh |
671.3 |
51,300 |
35,997 |
+ 2,394 |
22 |
|
22 |
1,527 |
1,636 |
|
Ballymena |
632.0 |
55,900 |
41,841 |
+ 3,962 |
23 |
+1 |
24 |
1,647 |
1,743 |
|
Ballymoney |
418.6 |
24,100 |
17,457 |
+ 1,706 |
16 |
|
16 |
984 |
1,091 |
|
Banbridge |
452.5 |
35,300 * |
26,402 |
+ 4,656 |
15 |
+2 |
17 |
1,450 |
1,553 |
|
Belfast |
114.9 |
281,000 |
210,712 |
- 15,925 |
51 |
|
51 |
4,444 |
4,132 |
|
Carrickfergus |
81.9 |
32,300 |
23,969 |
+ 3,977 |
15 |
+2 |
17 |
1,333 |
1,410 |
|
Castlereagh |
85.0 |
60,700 |
47,350 |
+ 2,662 |
21 |
+2 |
23 |
2,128 |
2,059 |
|
Coleraine |
485.6 |
51,100 |
36,756 |
+ 3,904 |
21 |
+1 |
22 |
1,564 |
1,671 |
|
Cookstown |
621.7 |
30,900 |
21,479 |
+ 1,906 |
16 |
|
16 |
1,223 |
1,342 |
|
Craigavon |
378.2 |
74,300 * |
53,873 |
+ 4,854 |
26 |
|
26 |
1,885 |
2,072 |
|
Derry |
387.4 |
94,700 |
62,326 |
+ 6,873 |
30 |
|
30 |
1,848 |
2,078 |
|
Down |
649.5 |
57,500 |
39,905 |
+ 4,914 |
23 |
|
23 |
1,521 |
1,735 |
|
Dungannon |
783.2 |
45,400 |
32,054 |
+ 1,728 |
22 |
|
22 |
1,378 |
1,457 |
|
Fermanagh |
1876.8 |
54,300 |
38,601 |
+ 1,185 |
23 |
|
23 |
1,627 |
1,678 |
|
Larne |
336.5 |
29,300 |
22,107 |
+ 1,901 |
15 |
|
15 |
1,347 |
1,474 |
|
Limavady |
586.3 |
29,100 |
18,983 |
+ 2,887 |
15 |
|
15 |
1,073 |
1,266 |
|
Lisburn |
446.7 |
98,900 * |
68,451 |
+ 11,654 |
28 |
+2 |
30 |
2,028 |
2,282 |
|
Magherafelt |
572.4 |
35,900 |
25,288 |
+ 2,643 |
15 |
+1 |
16 |
1,510 |
1,581 |
|
Moyle |
494.4 |
14,600 |
10,439 |
+ 709 |
15 |
|
15 |
649 |
696 |
|
Newry & Mourne |
903.2 |
80,000 * |
55,974 |
+ 5,295 |
30 |
|
30 |
1,689 |
1,866 |
|
Newtownabbey |
150.7 |
73,700 |
54,624 |
+ 2,966 |
25 |
|
25 |
2,066 |
2,185 |
|
North Down |
81.6 |
70,100 |
53,780 |
+ 7,028 |
24 |
+1 |
25 |
1,948 |
2,151 |
|
Omagh |
1129.9 |
45,600 |
30,611 |
+ 1,948 |
21 |
|
21 |
1,365 |
1,458 |
|
Strabane |
861.6 |
35,700 |
25,234 |
+ 2,421 |
15 |
+1 |
16 |
1,521 |
1,577 |
|
* |
Figures estimated on the basis of the recommended district council boundaries. |
|
1 |
Areas supplied by Director of Ordance Survey for Northern Ireland. |
|
2 |
1991 Census preliminary results. |
|
3 |
Figures taken from 1991 Register of Electors |
Source: Review of Local Government Boundaries. Report by The Local Government Boundaries Commissioner Dr. M N Hayes. Belfast: HMSO, 1992.
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