Editing Cookstown (section)

===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>
|titlebar=#ddd |left1=Nationality |right1=Per cent |float=right
|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>