Toome

townland in Antrim, Northern Ireland

Toome (or Toomebridge) is a village in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom. It is 7 miles (11 km) from Magherafelt and 11 miles (18 km) from Antrim. It is close to the River Bann.

Toome

The bridge over the River Bann at Toome
(built 2004)
Population722 (2001 Census)
Irish grid referenceH9990
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townANTRIM
Postcode districtBT41
Dialling code028
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
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Population facts change

On 29 April 2001 the United Kingdom government had a census and saw that there were 722 people living in Toome. They also saw that:

  • 27.2% of the people were under 16 years old and 10.9% were over 60 years old
  • 48.8% of the people were male and 51.3% were female
  • 96.3% of the people were from a Roman Catholic background and 2.9% were from a Protestant background
  • 6.2% of people aged 16–74 had no job.[1]

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