Editing Portrush (section)

==Demography==
===2021 Census===
On Census day (21 March 2021) there were 6,150 people living in Portrush.<ref name="2021 pop">{{cite web |title=Settlement 2015 |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000183 |website=NISRA |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref> Of these:

* 59.8% belong to or were brought up in a "Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)" faiths and 24.7% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic faith.<ref>{{cite web |title=Religion or religion brought up in |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=RELIGION_BELONG_TO_OR_BROUGHT_UP_IN_DVO&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000183 |website=NISRA |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>
* 57.0% indicated that they had a British national identity,<ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (British) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=NAT_ID_BRITISH&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000183 |website=NISRA |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref> 40.7% had a Northern Irish national identity<ref>{{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=N11000183 |website=NISRA |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref> and 15.5% had an Irish national identity<ref>{{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=N11000183 |website=NISRA |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref> (respondents could indicate more than one national identity).

===2011 Census===
On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 6,454 people living in Portrush (2,824 households), accounting for 0.36% of the NI total.<ref name=Census2011>{{cite web | url = https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Portrush@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Portrush@23? | title = Census 2011 Population Statistics for Portrush Settlement | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 6 August 2019}}</ref> Of these:

* 18.89% were aged under 16 years and 19.09% were aged 65 and over.
* 51.78% of the usually resident population were female and 48.22% were male.
* 66.90% belong to or were brought up in a "Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)" faiths and 24.84% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic faith.
* 63.43% indicated that they had a British national identity, 32.89% had a Northern Irish national identity and 11.93% had an Irish national identity (respondents could indicate more than one national identity).
* 42 years was the average (median) age of the population.
* 15.75% had some knowledge of [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster-Scots]] and 4.83% had some knowledge of [[Irish language|Irish]] ([[Gaeilge]]).