Northern Ireland Government Region

This unit has been constructed for statistical reporting purposes only. It has no legal existence.

Statistics

Statistical comparisons will be made with Great Britain (change comparison)

Work & Poverty

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?
Birthplace & Religion

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

This unit exists only so that data for Northern Ireland can be included in maps of the UK divided into the standard "Regions" defined by the government for statistical purposes.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
ARDS AND NORTH DOWN Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
ARMAGH BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
BELFAST Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
DERRY AND STRABANE Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
FERMANAGH AND OMAGH Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
MID AND EAST ANTRIM Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
MID ULSTER Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)
NEWRY MOURNE AND DOWN Nuts Unit Level 3     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (NUTS, level 3 (January 2018) Boundaries UK)

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NORTHERN IRELAND Dep Country     Great Britain Historical GIS Project

Boundary Map of Northern Ireland Government Region

If the boundaries of the Government Region changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Northern Ireland Government Region through time, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/13423283

Date accessed: 09th April 2026