Ballycastle, County Antrim

Ballycastle
Ballycastle harbour
Ballycastle
Location within Northern Ireland
Population5,089 (2001 Census)
Irish grid referenceD115407
• Belfast55 miles (89 km)
District
  • Moyle
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBALLYCASTLE
Postcode districtBT54
Dialling code028
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
  • North Antrim
Websitewww.northantrim.com

Ballycastle is a small town in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom.

Population facts

On 29 April 2001, the United Kingdom government had a census and saw that there were 5,089 people living in Ballycastle. They also saw that:

  • 25.3% of people were under 16 years old and 18.7% were over 60 years old
  • 46.8% of people were male and 53.2% were female
  • 77.7% of people were from a Roman Catholic background and 20.5% were from a Protestant background.
  • 5.5% of people aged 16–74 had no job.[4]

References

  1. "North-South Ministerial Council: 2002 Annual Report in Ulster Scots" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  2. Bonamargy Friary guide – Department of the Environment
  3. Guide to Dunluce Castle in Ulster-Scots Archived 2012-09-03 at the Wayback Machine DOE.
  4. Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service website.