I know little about this constituency. The figures show that of 22 wards, catholic percentages have declined in 9 of them, protestants have declined in 20. Overall percentage changes are that catholics are up 0.6%, protestants down by 4%. Not a huge change over ten years and no dramatic swings except perhaps, Central and Macosquin.
The Recent Council election results are as follows:
2011: DUP 9, UUP 5, SDLP 3, Alliance 2, Ind 2, SF 1
2005: DUP 9, UUP 8, SDLP 3, SF 1, Ind 1
2001: UUP 10, DUP 7, SDLP 4, Ind 1
1997: UUP 10, DUP 5, SDLP 3, Alliance 3, Ind 1
1993: UUP 12, DUP 5, SDLP 3, Alliance 2
I thought it may be useful to show full percentage change figures for this DEA below:
The thought occurred to me that Coleraine is one of the places where unionists are concentrating as their numbers dwindle in surrounding areas. Certainly the numbers here don’t reflect the trends in the North as a whole. Nevertheless, Coleraine is greening, just not quite as fast as other places.
Catholic % 2001 | Catholic % 2011 | Difference | Protestant % 2001 | Protestant % 2011 | Difference | ||
95JJ01 Agivey | 24.0% | 23.5% | -0.5% | 73.4% | 71.7% | -1.7% | |
95JJ02 Atlantic | 30.2% | 30.9% | 0.7% | 64.5% | 61.1% | -3.3% | |
95JJ03 Ballysally | 16.6% | 13.0% | -3.6% | 78.1% | 76.4% | -1.7% | |
95JJ04 Castlerock | 18.0% | 16.9% | -1.1% | 79.0% | 77.7% | -1.3% | |
95JJ05 Central | 22.5% | 28.3% | 5.8% | 74.4% | 63.5% | -10.9% | |
95JJ06 Churchland | 38.1% | 40.5% | 2.4% | 59.4% | 52.6% | -6.8% | |
95JJ07 Cross Glebe | 24.8% | 22.0% | -2.8% | 72.2% | 71.0% | -1.2% | |
95JJ08 Dundooan | 18.9% | 24.2% | 5.3% | 77.7% | 68.2% | -9.6% | |
95JJ09 Dunluce | 4.8% | 6.1% | 1.2% | 93.3% | 89.2% | -4.1% | |
95JJ10 Garvagh | 45.6% | 47.3% | 1.7% | 53.6% | 49.9% | -3.7% | |
95JJ11 Hopefield | 20.3% | 22.2% | 1.9% | 73.9% | 70.3% | -3.6% | |
95JJ12 Kilrea | 65.4% | 67.1% | 1.7% | 33.8% | 29.8% | -4.0% | |
95JJ13 Knocklynn | 16.0% | 18.2% | 2.3% | 78.9% | 74.1% | -4.8% | |
95JJ14 Macosquin | 9.7% | 11.0% | 1.3% | 88.4% | 84.3% | -4.1% | |
95JJ15 Mount Sandel | 26.0% | 31.4% | 5.4% | 69.8% | 61.4% | -8.4% | |
95JJ16 Portstewart | 38.4% | 32.4% | -6.0% | 57.4% | 58.1% | 0.8% | |
95JJ17 Ringsend | 51.7% | 49.8% | -1.9% | 47.4% | 46.2% | -1.2% | |
95JJ18 Royal Portrush | 27.9% | 27.8% | -0.1% | 67.1% | 63.1% | -3.9% | |
95JJ19 Strand | 43.8% | 40.2% | -3.6% | 53.8% | 54.0% | 0.2% | |
95JJ20 The Cuts | 19.5% | 21.6% | 2.1% | 77.1% | 72.5% | -4.6% | |
95JJ21 University | 23.6% | 24.2% | 0.7% | 72.9% | 66.2% | -6.8% | |
95JJ22 Waterside | 25.3% | 24.7% | -0.7% | 70.1% | 66.8% | -3.3% | |
Totals | 27.8% | 28.3% | 0.6% | 68.9% | 64.9% | -4.0% |