Written question asked by Lord Kilclooney (Ulster Unionist Party), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 January 1996. It was answered by John Wheeler (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 January 1996 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: What proportion of 18-21 year-olds in Northern Ireland are (a) Protestants and (b) Roman Catholics. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of 18 to 21-year-olds in Northern Ireland are (a) Protestants and (b) Roman Catholics. [8101] Sir John Wheeler: The 1991 census of population contains information on the breakdown of the population of Northern Ireland by religious denomination. The information in relation to the population aged 18 to 21 years is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of 18 to 21-year-olds Roman Catholic 42.38 Presbyterian, Church of Ireland and Methodist 39.47 Others 8.09 Answered "None" to the question on religion 3.74 Did not answer the Religion question 6.32 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The "others" category contains some non-Christian religions. A detailed breakdown of the denominations in this category is provided in table 8A of the "Northern Ireland census 1991 summary report: HMSO 1992".

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 269 c108W; 8101
Session: 1995-96
Subjects: Catholicism Census Northern Ireland Young people Population Protestantism
Contains statistics: Yes