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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Brendan hughes delving deeper into census 2021 shows changes and challenges ahead - What They Never Told You

It is not hard to understand why the stats on religion, national identity and passports dominated initial news headlines on the latest 2021 Census results.

These three metrics arguably best summed up how Northern Ireland has changed a century on from its creation when the island was partitioned.

"The state was created very deliberately to ensure a permanent Protestant majority of two to one," said Dr Paul Nolan, a Belfast-based expert in social trends and demography.

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