The proportion of Northern Irish Catholics has outnumbered protestants for the first time, the latest census data results have revealed.
Census figures show that Catholics have 45.7 per cent within the Northern Ireland population, higher than the 43.5 per cent of Protestants.
This has been seen for the first time since the partition of Ireland.
The data showed that 1.5 per cent of the population were from other non-Christian religions.
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