Editing Donaghadee (section)

== Demography ==
On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 6,869 people living in Donaghadee (2,997 households), accounting for 0.38% of the NI total.<ref name=Census2011/> The Census 2011 population represented an increase of 6.1% on the Census 2001 figure of 6,470.<ref name=Census2001>{{cite web | url = https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/PivotGrid.aspx?ds=4840&lh=69&yn=2001&sk=135&sn=Census%202001&yearfilter=2001 | title = Census 2001 Usually Resident Population: KS01 (Settlements) – Table view | page = 3 | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 6 August 2019 | archive-date = 23 September 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210923152256/https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/Home.aspx | url-status = live }}</ref> Of these:

* 18.43% were aged under 16 years and 22.03% were aged 65 and over;
* 51.89% of the usually resident population were female and 48.11% were male;
* 82.84% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion and 6.39% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic faith;
* 76.58% indicated that they had a British national identity, 31.26% had a Northern Irish national identity and 5.71% had an Irish national identity (respondents could indicate more than one national identity);
* 44 years was the average (median) age of the population;
* 11.98% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots and 2.48% had some knowledge of Irish (Gaelic).