Ballyrobert


Ballyrobert is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about south of Ballyclare and has developed around the junction of the Ballyrobert Road and the Mossley Road/The Longshot. It had a population of 587 people in the 2001 census. It was within the Newtownabbey Borough Council area which became the Antrim and [Newtownabbey Borough Council] in 2015.

Demographics

Ballyrobert is classified as a small village by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency . As of the 2001 [United Kingdom census|2001 census], there were 587 people living in Ballyrobert. Of these:
  • 23.6% were aged under 16 years and 14.6% were aged 60 and over
  • 50.9% of the population were male and 49.1% were female
  • 4.4% were from a Catholic background and 93.5% were from a Protestant background
  • 1.7% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed

Schools

The local school in Ballyrobert, the Thompson Primary School, is for both males and females aged between 4 and 12 years.