Milltown, County Antrim

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For the village in the Antrim Borough Council area, see Milltown, Antrim Borough

Milltown is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, one mile to the north of Lisburn and just west of The Cutts at Derriaghy. It is separated from the urban areas of both Lisburn and Dunmurry by a small area of open and elevated countryside and is in the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,361 people.

Milltown is a local service centre with facilities including retail units, Derriaghy Primary School, Christ Church, Church of Ireland and hall, Derriaghy Gospel hall and a community centre. There is a railway halt in Derriaghy, to the east.

1 History
2 2001 Census
3 References
4 See also

[edit] History

Milltown owes much of its history to the succession of mills that were established by the early 19th century, and which continued to develop over the next century. Christ Church, a local landmark, lies to the eastern end of the settlement and is situated on an earlier site that dates back to at least the medieval period. Throughout the 19th century the village of Milltown was fairly modest in size, but the settlement expanded significantly in the later 20th century.

[edit] 2001 Census

Milltown is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 1,000 and 2,250. On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,361 people living in Milltown. Of these:

28.0% were aged under 16 years and 12.9% were aged 60 and over
48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female
28.4% were from a Catholic background and 67.7% were from a Protestant background
4.1% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service