Appendix 6: NI Life and Times Survey

The NI Life and Times 2020[29] survey found that the majority of people of Protestant or no religion favoured flying the Union flag on designated days only. The majority of people from a Catholic background favoured that it not be flown at all.

Opinions on flying the
Union flag by religion                                  %

                                                     Catholic    Protestant    No religion

Union flag flown from all
public buildings all the time            2                38              13

Union flag flown on
designated days only                   35                 51              53

Union flag not flown at
all from any public building           54                  4              25

Don't know                                     9                   7               8

The results are also available by age bracket.

Opinions on flying the
Union flag by age                      %

                                         18-24     25-34     35-44     45-54     55-64     65+

Union flag flown from
all public buildings all         17           22          18           19        24         21
the time

Union flag flown on
designated days only        25            36          42          49         52         62

Union flag not flown at
all from any public             37            29          32          26         16         12
building

Don't know                        22            14            7            6           7           5

[29] Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey 2020, Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (ark.ac.uk)