Belfast Population & Workforce

• 700,000 people live in Belfast metroplitan area
• 46% of the population is under 30 years of age
• Labour turnover is less than 8%
• Labour cost is 15% lower than the UK average

The Belfast metropolitan area is 960km (squared) with a population of just under 700,000, and the Belfast City Council area is 115km (squared) with a population of 274,000.  Belfast's population has a high percentage of young people (28.01% under 20), and it aslo has a higher proportion of people aged over the age of 60 than Northern Ireland as a whole.