Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey is a large urban area in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, to the north of Belfast. Newtownabbey Urban Area includes a large number of smaller towns and villages, including Carnmoney, Glengormley, Jordanstown, Monkstown, Rathcoole and Whiteabbey. Overall Newtownabbey Urban Area had a population of 62,056 people in the 2001 Census. It is served by Newtownabbey Borough Council.

1 History
- 1.1 The Troubles
2 2001 Census
3 Education
4 Sister city
5 References
6 See also

[edit] History

The new town of Newtownabbey was created in 1958 out of the existing villages of Carnmoney, Glengormley, Jordanstown, Monkstown, Whitehouse, Whitewell and Whiteabbey.

It is a huge residential area with many modern housing estates, and forms Newtownabbey Borough Council. It is also a large industrial base with many engineering and computer industries based in the Monkstown and Carnmoney areas. Retail and leisure facilities include the Abbey Centre, Northcott Shopping Centre and Glengormley Moviehouse. The main campus for the University of Ulster is based at Jordanstown. Newtownabbey is the largest town on the island of Ireland. The government has proposed new council structures for all of Northern Ireland. As a result, Newtownabbey Borough Council will be subsumed into Inner East Council.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] The Troubles

For more information see The Troubles in Newtownabbey, which includes a list of incidents in Newtownabbey during The Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities.

Other Newtownabbey relevant articles relating to the Troubles include:

The Troubles in Carnmoney

[edit] 2001 Census

Newtownabbey Urban Area is classified as a Large Town (ie with population between 18,000 and 75,000 people) by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)^[1] and is within the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area (BMUA). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 62,056 people living in Newtownabbey. Of these:

21.8% were aged under 16 years and 19.1% were aged 60 and over
48.1% of the population were male and 51.9% were female
19.4% were from a Catholic background and 76.2% were from a Protestant background.
3.2% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

For more details see: Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service^[2]