Editing Maghera (section)

==Demographics==
===2021 Census===
On Census Day (21 March 2021) the usually resident population of Maghera (Mid Ulster Lgd) Settlement was 4,235.<ref name="2021pop">{{cite web |title=Settlement 2015 |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000477 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref> Of these:

*22.57% were aged under 16, 61.94% were aged between 16 and 65, and 15.49% 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=N11000477 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=NISRA}}</ref>
*51.17% of the usually resident population were female, and 48.83% 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=N11000477 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=NISRA}}</ref>
*78.04% belong to or were brought up in the [[Catholic Church in Ireland|Catholic]] religion, 18.14% belong to or were brought up in a '[[Protestantism in Ireland|Protestant]] and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion, 0.16% belong to or were brought up in an '[[Religion in Northern Ireland#Minor religions|other]]' religion, and 3.66% [[Irreligion|did not belong to]] or weren't brought up with any religion.<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=N11000477 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>
*19.24% 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=N11000477 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref> 55.84% 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=N11000477 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref> and 24.16% 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=N11000477 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref> Respondents could select more than one nationality.
*24.27% had some knowledge of [[Irish language|Irish]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Knowledge of Irish |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=IRISH_SKILLS_INTERMEDIATE&~SETTLEMENT15=N11000477 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=NISRA}}</ref>
*6.49% had some knowledge of [[Ulster Scots dialect|Ulster-Scots]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Knowledge of Ulster-Scots |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=ULSTER_SCOTS_SKILLS_INTERMEDIATE&~SETTLEMENT15=N11000477 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=NISRA}}</ref>

===2011 Census===
On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Maghera (Magherafelt Lgd) Settlement was 4,220 accounting for 0.23% of the NI total.<ref name="2011 Census">{{cite web |title=Census 2011 Population Statistics for Maghera (Magherafelt Lgd) Settlement |url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Maghera%20(Magherafelt%20Lgd)@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20Maghera%20(Magherafelt%20Lgd)@23? |website=NISRA |access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=Census2011>{{cite web | url = https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/PivotGrid.aspx?ds=6609&lh=74&yn=2011&sk=136&sn=Census%202011&yearfilter=2011 | title = Census 2011 Usually Resident Population: KS101NI – Table view | page = 6 | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 30 July 2019}}</ref> increasing from 3,711 in the 2001 Census.<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 = 5 | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 30 July 2019}}</ref>
 
*99.55% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group.
*74.86% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 22.61% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion.
*22.56% indicated that they had a British national identity, 48.82% had an Irish national identity and 27.44% had a Northern Irish national identity.
*21.23% had some knowledge of Irish
*6.46% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots
*5.06% did not have English as their first language.