Culture, arts and heritage statistics
Results of the user survey conducted during summer 2025
Analytics Division within the Department for Communities (DfC) carried out an online public survey on the use of the culture, arts, heritage, sport and language official statistics publications. The report linked below summarises the findings from that survey.
Headline statistics
Headline figures for engagement in culture, arts, heritage and sport are produced in summer in advance of further detailed reports with demographic breakdown being published in autumn/winter. Engagement figures for young people are produced triennially.
Wellbeing
Culture, Arts, Heritage statistics
This series of publications provides information on adults and young peoples’ experience of culture, arts and heritage in Northern Ireland. Prior to 2023/24 statistics relating to heritage were included in a separate ‘Experience of heritage’ report.
Historic environment
These publications present the findings from the heritage module of the Continuous Household Survey. From 2023/24, statistics relating to heritage were included in the Culture, arts and heritage report and from 2021/22 in the Headline statistics and Wellbeing reports. Links are also provided to the NI environmental Statistics and NI Heritage Statistics reports.
Culture, Arts, Heritage research
This section contains research reports produced by Analytics Division relating to the arts, museums, libraries and the historic environment.