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NORTHERN Irelands population is increasing at a faster rate than at any point since the start of the Troubles, the first figures from last years Census reveal. On Census Day 2011 the Province had a population of 1,810,900 an increase of 125,600 people (seven per cent) since the 2001 Census. That is the fastest increase in the Provinces population since the 1960s. The total population of the six counties which make up Northern Ireland is bigger than it has ever been since the first comprehensive Census in Ireland was carried out in 1841, before the Potato Famine decimated the population of the island. In the last decade the population has gone up by 125,600 an increase of seven per cent on the 2001 population. The Republic of Irelands Census last year revealed a population of 4.6 million, meaning that 6.4 million people now live on the island. Yesterdays partial Census results for Northern Ireland only covered the number, age, gender and household size of the population and further details which will reveal social and economic changes will be released over coming months. The figures show that Northern Ireland has one of the youngest populations in Europe, but that the population as a whole is ageing significantly. However, although there are 18,700 (seven per cent) fewer children, there are more pre-school children (aged 0-3), something which appears to go against the trend in the US where the recession has seen the birth rate fall. Robert Beatty, Head of Census for Northern Ireland, said: In a European context, we still have a young age profile, with one of the highest proportions of the population aged under 14. That will have implications for the number of schools in the Province as the Department of Education attempts to decide on where to close or amalgamate schools. The Census also reveals a significant rise in the number of the most elderly, as lifespans increase. In 2001 there were 23,300 people aged 85 or over; in the space of a decade that has now increased to 31,400 an increase of 35 per cent. That ageing population will have a substantial impact on resources at Stormont in coming years, particularly on the money required to fund senior citizens free bus and rail passes and finance for health. The figures show that 28 per cent of households now have just one person living in that house. Although the population has risen by seven per cent, the number of households has increased by 12 per cent, one of the social factors which helped to push up house prices during the first six years of the last decade. In 1961, half of the population lived in households of five or more people; today, only 22 per cent of the population live in such households. There were 89,300 more births than deaths but the population went up by

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