Editing County Down (section)

===Settlements===
{{Historical populations
|1653|13207
|1659|15183
|1821|325410
|1831|352012
|1841|361446
|1851|320817
|1861|299302
|1871|277294
|1881|248190
|1891|224008
|1901|205889
|1911|204303
|1926|209228
|1937|210687
|1951|241181
|1961|266939
|1966|286631
|1971|311876
|1981|417978
|1991|454411
|2001|489004
|2011|531665
|2021|553261
||footnote=<ref>For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cso.ie/census |title=Census for post 1821 figures. |access-date=3 September 2009 |archive-date=9 March 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.histpop.org Histpop.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/ |date=7 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census NISRA.gov.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095720/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |date=17 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book
|last=Lee
|first=JJ
|editor-last=Goldstrom
|editor-first=J. M.
|editor2-last=Clarkson
|editor2-first=L. A.
|title=Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell
|year=1981
|publisher=Clarendon Press
|location=Oxford, England
|chapter=On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
  | last1 = Mokyr
  | first1 = Joel
  | author-link = Joel Mokyr
  | last2 = O Grada
  | first2 = Cormac
  | title = New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850
  | journal = The Economic History Review
  | volume =  37
  | issue =  4
  | pages = 473–488
  |date=November 1984
  | url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract
  | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121204160709/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-date = 2012-12-04
  | doi = 10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x
| hdl = 10197/1406
  | hdl-access = free
  }}</ref>
}}

====Cities====
(population of 75,000 or more at 2001 Census)<ref name="NI">{{cite web | title=Statistical classification of settlements | work=NI Neighbourhood Information Service | url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/statistical%20classification.htm | access-date=23 February 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217122433/http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme_towns/statistical%20classification.htm | archive-date=17 February 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Belfast]] – the eastern suburbs of the city lie partly in County Down but mainly in [[County Antrim]]

====Large towns====
(population of 18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2001 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
* [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]] (officially a city)
* [[Dundonald, County Down|Dundonald]]
* [[Lisburn]] – the eastern suburbs of the city lie partly in County Down but mainly in County Antrim (officially a city)
* [[Newry]] – in counties Armagh and Down, divided by the [[Newry River|Clanrye River]] (officially a city)
* [[Newtownards]]

====Medium towns====
(Population of 10,000 or more and under 18,000 at 2001 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
{{flatlist|
* [[Banbridge]]
* [[Downpatrick]]
* [[Holywood, County Down|Holywood]]
* [[Carryduff]]
}}

====Small towns====
(Population of 4,500 or more and under 10,000 at 2001 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
{{flatlist|* [[Ballynahinch, County Down|Ballynahinch]]
* [[Comber]]
* [[Donaghadee]]
* [[Dromore, County Down|Dromore]]
* [[Kilkeel]]
* [[Newcastle, County Down|Newcastle]]
* [[Saintfield]]
* [[Warrenpoint]]}}

====Intermediate settlements====
(Population of 2,250 or more and under 4,500 at 2001 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
{{flatlist|
* [[Ballygowan]]
* [[Castlewellan]]
* [[Hillsborough, County Down|Hillsborough]]
* [[Killyleagh]]
* [[Moira, County Down|Moira]]
* [[Portaferry]]
* [[Rostrevor]]
* [[Saintfield]]
* [[Waringstown]]
}}

====Villages====
(Population of 1,000 or more and under 2,250 at 2001 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
{{flatlist|* [[Annahilt]]
* [[Annalong]]
* [[Ardglass]]
* [[Ballywalter]]
* [[Crossgar]]
* [[Drumaness]]
* [[Drumbeg, County Down|Drumbeg]]
* [[Dundrum, County Down|Dundrum]]
* [[Gilford, County Down|Gilford]]
* [[Greyabbey]]
* [[Helen's Bay]]
* [[Kilcoo]]
* [[Kircubbin, County Down|Kircubbin]]
* [[Magheralin]]
* [[Millisle]]
* [[Moneyreagh]]
* [[Portavogie]]
* [[Rathfriland]]}}

====Small villages or hamlets====
(Population of less than 1,000 at 2001 Census)<ref name="NI"/>
{{flatlist|
* [[Atticall]]
* [[Annsborough]]
* [[Ballela]]
* [[Ballyhalbert]]
* [[Ballyhornan]]
* [[Ballykinler]]
* [[Ballynoe, County Down|Ballynoe]]
* [[Bryansford]]
* [[Burren, County Down|Burren]]
* [[Cabra, County Down|Cabra]]
* [[Carrowdore]]
* [[Clough]]
* [[Cloghy]]
* [[Crawfordsburn]]
* [[Donaghcloney]]
* [[Dromara]]
* [[Gilnahirk]]
* [[Groomsport]]
* [[Hilltown, County Down|Hilltown]]
* [[Killinchy]]
* [[Killough]]
* [[Lawrencetown, County Down|Lawrencetown]]
* [[Leitrim, County Down|Leitrim]]
* [[Listooder]]
* [[Loughbrickland]]
* [[Loughinisland]]
* [[Mayobridge]]
* [[Saul, County Down|Saul]]
* [[Scarva]]
* [[Seaforde]]
* [[Sheeptown]]
* [[Strangford]]
}}