to the NI Life and Times Survey (2012), 23% of the “According NI population describe themselves as nationalist, 28% as unionist and 47% as political preference”.” “no Racial group A 2001/02 survey of farmers and farm families in Northern Ireland indicated that the farming population was overwhelmingly white. An equality impact assessment report on the 2014-20 Rural Development Programme stated that: of the Northern Ireland population is classified as white “98.2% with a host of ethnic minority groups included in the remaining 1.9%. Appendix 2, Sub-Section 12.5 provides a detailed breakdown of the number of people from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities across NI. In total there were 32,414 people from BME communities in NI in 2011. In rural areas the population is almost entirely classified as white (99.27%). The remaining 0.7% is divided among a host of different ethnic groups… In total there were 4,739 people from BME communities living in rural areas of NI in 2011.” As regards DAERA staff, the breakdown of staff by ethnicity as at 1 July 2017 was as follows: White: 99.6% Ethnic minority (incl Travellers): 0.4% Age According to the EU Farm Structure Survey 2016 for Northern Ireland, the median age for farmers in Northern Ireland in 2016 was 58 with 6% of farmers under 35 years old. However, it is stressed that these figures refer only to the principal farmer in each business rather than to all farmers. In the 2016 survey, 22% of managers (ie persons responsible for the running of the farm) were under 45 and 31% were 65 or over. A 2001/02 survey of farmers and farm families in Northern Ireland indicated that on the 26,490 family farms, there were 29,360 households, with 77,890 adults aged 16 or over and 25,630 children aged under 16, a total of 103,270 persons. As regards DAERA staff, the breakdown of staff by age as at 1 July 2017 was as follows: 16-34: 11.3% 35-49: 46.7%
“According to the NI Life and Times Survey (2012), 23% of the NI population describe themselves as nationalist, 28% as unionist and 47% as “no political preference”.” Racial group A 2001/02 survey of farmers and farm families in Northern Ireland indicated that the farming population was overwhelmingly white. An equality impact assessment report on the 2014-20 Rural Development Programme stated that: “98.2% of the Northern Ireland population is classified as white with a host of ethnic minority groups included in the remaining 1.9%. Appendix 2, Sub-Section 12.5 provides a detailed breakdown of the number of people from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities across NI. In total there were 32,414 people from BME communities in NI in 2011. In rural areas the population is almost entirely classified as white (99.27%). The remaining 0.7% is divided among a host of different ethnic groups… In total there were 4,739 people from BME communities living in rural areas of NI in 2011.” As regards DAERA staff, the breakdown of staff by ethnicity as at 1 July 2017 was as follows: White: 99.6% Ethnic minority (incl Travellers): 0.4% Age According to the EU Farm Structure Survey 2016 for Northern Ireland, the median age for farmers in Northern Ireland in 2016 was 58 with 6% of farmers under 35 years old. However, it is stressed that these figures refer only to the principal farmer in each business rather than to all farmers. In the 2016 survey, 22% of managers (ie persons responsible for the running of the farm) were under 45 and 31% were 65 or over. A 2001/02 survey of farmers and farm families in Northern Ireland indicated that on the 26,490 family farms, there were 29,360 households, with 77,890 adults aged 16 or over and 25,630 children aged under 16, a total of 103,270 persons. As regards DAERA staff, the breakdown of staff by age as at 1 July 2017 was as follows: 16-34: 11.3% 35-49: 46.7%
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