Ballystrudder
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Ballystrudder or Ballystruder is a small village
Village
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 and townland
Townland
A townland or bally is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the Norman invasion and most have names derived from the Irish language...

 on Islandmagee
Islandmagee
Islandmagee is a peninsula on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located between the towns of Larne and Carrickfergus. It is part of the Larne Borough Council area and is a sparsely populated rural community with a long history since the mesolithic period.As part of an...

 in County Antrim
County Antrim
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, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
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. In the 2001 Census
United Kingdom Census 2001
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 it had a population of 781 people. It is within the Larne Borough Council
Larne Borough Council
Larne Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Its headquarters is in the town of Larne and the population of the area is nearly 31,000...

 area.

2001 Census

Ballystrudder is classified as a Small Village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 781 people living in Ballystrudder. Of these:
  • 26.4% were aged under 16 years and 14.5% were aged 60 and over
  • 46.7% of the population were male and 53.3% were female
  • 3.6% were from a Catholic
    Catholic
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     background and 90.8% were from a Protestant
    Protestantism
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     background
  • 3.0% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed


For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

See also

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