Editing Cookstown (section)

==Demography==

===19th century population===
The population of the town increased during the 19th century:<ref>{{cite web| title=Census of Ireland 1851| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336886| access-date=22 March 2013| archive-date=13 January 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113225406/http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336886| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="CI">{{cite web| title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505469| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419082343/http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505469| url-status=dead| archive-date=19 April 2013| access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! 1841 !! 1851 !! 1861 !! 1871 !! 1881 !! 1891
|-
| Population || 3006 || 2993 || 3257 || 3501 || 3870 || 3841
|-
| Houses || 550 || 576 || 600 || 728 || 822 || 835
|-
|}

Cookstown is classified as a medium town (i.e. with population between 10,000 and 18,000 people) by the [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA).<ref name="NISRA2005SCDS">{{cite web |work= NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) |title= Statistical Classification and Delineation of Settlements |at= Table 3 / Band C - Large Town |url= http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/documents/ur_report.pdf |date= February 2005 |access-date= 26 September 2018 |archive-date= 1 June 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180601041210/http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/documents/ur_report.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>{{rp|11}}

===2021 Census===
{{bar box
|title = National Identity of Cookstown residents (2021)<ref name="census2021-brit">{{cite web |title=National Identity (British) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=NAT_ID_BRITISH&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000193 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="census2021-irish">{{cite web |title=National Identity (Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=NAT_ID_IRISH_AGG3&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000193 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="census2021-ni">{{cite web |title=National Identity (Northern Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=NAT_ID_NORTHERN_IRISH_AGG3&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000193 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>
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|bars =
{{bar percent|British|Blue|31.7}}
{{bar percent|Irish|DarkOrchid|31.3}}
{{bar percent|Northern Irish|grey|28.6}}
}}
On census day in 2021 there were 12,546 people living in Cookstown.<ref name="2021 pop">{{cite web |title=Settlement 2015 |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000193 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref> Of these:
*21.05% were aged under 16, 63.93% were aged between 16 and 65, and 15.03% were aged 66 and over.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Age |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=AGE_BAND_AGG3A&~SETTLEMENT15=N11000193 |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=NISRA}}</ref>
*51% were female, and 49% were male.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sex (MS-A07) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=UR_SEX&~SETTLEMENT15=N11000193 |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=NISRA}}</ref>
*56.21% (7,053) were from a [[Catholic Church in Ireland|Catholic]] background, and 34.34% (4,308) were from a [[Protestantism in Ireland|Protestant]] or other Christian background, 1.12% were from other religious backgrounds and 8.33% (1,045) had [[Irreligion|no religious]] background.<ref>{{cite web |title=Religion or religion brought up in |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?v=SETTLEMENT15&d=PEOPLE&v=RELIGION_BELONG_TO_OR_BROUGHT_UP_IN_DVO&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000193 |website=NISRA |access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>
*31.68% indicated they had a [[British people|British]] national identity,<ref name="census2021-brit" /> 31.29% had an [[Irish people|Irish]] national identity,<ref name="census2021-irish" /> and 28.58% had a [[Northern Irish]] national identity.<ref name="census2021-ni" /> (respondents could select more than one national identity).
*14.55% had some knowledge of [[Irish language|Irish]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Knowledge of Irish (MS-B05) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=IRISH_SKILLS_INTERMEDIATE&~SETTLEMENT15=N11000193 |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=NISRA}}</ref> and 8.88% had some knowledge of [[Ulster Scots dialect|Ulster-Scots]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Knowledge of Ulster-Scots (MS-B08) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=ULSTER_SCOTS_SKILLS_INTERMEDIATE&~SETTLEMENT15=N11000193 |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=NISRA}}</ref>
===2011 Census===
On census day (27 March 2011) there were 11,599 people living in Cookstown.<ref name=Census2011>{{cite web | url = https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Cookstown@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20Cookstown@23? | title = Census 2011 Population Statistics for Cookstown Settlement | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 26 September 2021 | archive-date = 23 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210523140625/https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Cookstown%40Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name%3A%20%40Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name%3A%20Cookstown%4023%3F | url-status = live }} [[File:UKOpenGovernmentLicence.svg|30px]] This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/  Open Government Licence v3.0]. © Crown copyright.</ref> Of these:
*98% were from the white ethnic group
*56% were from a Catholic background, and 39% were from a Protestant or other Christian background
*40% indicated that they had a British national identity, 30% had a Northern Irish national identity, and 28% had an Irish national identity (respondents could choose more than one)

===2001 Census===
On census day (29 April 2001) there were 10,646 people living in Cookstown. Of these:
*26.0% were aged under 16 years and 15.6% were aged 60 and over
*49.7% of the population were male and 50.3% were female
*52.8% were from a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] background and 45.1% were from a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] background
*3.9% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ |title=NI Neighbourhood Information Service NISRA |access-date=18 December 2005 |archive-date=6 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806064627/http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>