| Newtownards | |
|---|---|
 View of Newtownards from Scrabo Tower | |
  Newtownards Location within County Down | |
| Population | 29,677 (2021 Census) |
| • Belfast | 9 mi (14.5 km) |
| District | |
| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWTOWNARDS |
| Postcode district | BT22, BT23 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
| Ambulance | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | |
| NI Assembly | |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 3,332 | — |
| 1831 | 4,442 | +33.3% |
| 1841 | 6,721 | +51.3% |
| 1851 | 9,566 | +42.3% |
| 1861 | 9,542 | −0.3% |
| 1871 | 9,562 | +0.2% |
| 1881 | 8,676 | −9.3% |
| 1891 | 9,197 | +6.0% |
| 1901 | 9,110 | −0.9% |
| 1911 | 9,587 | +5.2% |
| 1926 | 10,149 | +5.9% |
| 1937 | 19,546 | +92.6% |
| 1951 | 12,243 | −37.4% |
| 1961 | 13,083 | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 12,929 | −1.2% |
| 1971 | 15,484 | +19.8% |
| 1981 | 20,531 | +32.6% |
| 1991 | 24,301 | +18.4% |
| 2001 | 27,821 | +14.5% |
| 2011 | 28,050 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 29,677 | +5.8% |
| [4][5][6][7][8] | ||
Newtownards (/ˌnjuːtənˈɑːrdz/; Irish: Baile Nua na hArda[1]) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the civil parish of Newtownards and the historic baronies of Ards Lower and Castlereagh Lower.[9] Newtownards is in the Ards and North Down Borough. The population was 29,677 in the 2021 Census.[4]
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- ^ "Home | Department of the Environment" (PDF). Doeni.gov.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "North-South Ministerial Council: 2002 Annual Report in Ulster Scots" (PDF). Northsouthministerialcouncil.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Settlement 2015". NISRA. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Newtownards Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Retrieved 13 August 2019.
This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
- ^ "Census 2001 Usually Resident Population: KS01 (Settlements) – Table view". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). p. 5. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Histpop – The Online Historical Population Reports Website". Histpop.org. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ For post 1821 figures, 1813 estimate from Mason's Statistical Survey For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see J. J. Lee "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p.54, in and also New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850 by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov 1984), pp. 473–88.
- ^ "Newtownards". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
