Vision of Ireland | 1851 Census: General

1851 Census of Ireland, The Census of Ireland for the Year 1851. Part VI. General Report., Table 1 : " General Table.".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	AREA in Statute Acres. [1]	Persons									Houses								Families					Occupations																													Education
		Males				Females				TOTAL NUMBER OF MALES AND FEMALES. [10]	Inhabited					UNINHABITED.		TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSES. [18]	Residing in				TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES. [23]	Families, classified according to their							Persons (Fifteen Years old and upwards)																						Persons (Five Years old and upwards)
		Heads of Families and their Children. [2]	Visitors. [3]	Servants. [4]	TOTAL NUMBER OF MALES. [5]	Heads of Families and their Children. [6]	Visitors. [7]	Servants. [8]	TOTAL NUMBER OF FEMALES. [9]		1st Class. [11]	2nd Class. [12]	3rd Class. [13]	4th Class. [14]	TOTAL INHABITED. [15]	Built. [16]	Building. [17]		1st Class Houses. [19]	2nd Class Houses. [20]	3rd Class Houses. [21]	4th Class Houses. [22]		Pursuits, as chiefly employed in			Means, as chiefly dependent on				Classified as ministering to Physical Wants										Classified as ministering to Moral Wants						Unclassified		TOTAL		Number not having specified Occupations		Who can Read and Write		Who can Read only		Who can neither Read nor Write
																								Agriculture. [24]	Manufactures, Trade, &c. [25]	Other pursuits. [26]	Vested means, Professions, &c. [27]	The direction of labour. [28]	Their own manual labour. [29]	Means not specified. [30]	Food		Clothing		Lodging, &c		Health		Charity		Justice		Education		Religion		Male. [47]	Female. [48]	Male. [49]	Female. [50]	Male. [51]	Female. [52]	Male. [53]	Female. [54]	Male. [55]	Female. [56]	Male. [57]	Female. [58]
																								Agriculture. [24]	Manufactures, Trade, &c. [25]	Other pursuits. [26]	Vested means, Professions, &c. [27]	The direction of labour. [28]	Their own manual labour. [29]	Means not specified. [30]	Male. [31]	Female. [32]	Male. [33]	Female. [34]	Male. [35]	Female. [36]	Male. [37]	Female. [38]	Male. [39]	Female. [40]	Male. [41]	Female. [42]	Male. [43]	Female. [44]	Male. [45]	Female. [46]	Male. [47]	Female. [48]	Male. [49]	Female. [50]	Male. [51]	Female. [52]	Male. [53]	Female. [54]	Male. [55]	Female. [56]	Male. [57]	Female. [58]
Westmeath IrlC Total	453,468	44,530	7,112	4,453	56,095	43,632	7,928	3,752	55,312	111,407	747	5,396	10,011	2,584	18,738	846	16	19,600	891	6,166	11,151	2,887	21,095	12,265	3,989	4,841	1,599	6,179	11,683	1,634	23,974	2,223	1,636	5,107	2,326	41	48	40	16	3	411	5	163	126	126	14	3,483	5,576	32,183	13,135	3,621	23,063	19,813	11,219	9,279	12,589	21,623	26,465
Brawny IrlBarony	11,456	2,727	1,135	193	4,055	2,807	1,429	277	4,513	8,568	66	524	499	29	1,118	46	1	1,165	86	695	612	33	1,426	517	368	541	35	384	776	231	1,132	159	175	243	239	3	6	6	4	1	46	0	13	11	10	1	388	493	2,013	917	374	1,992	1,390	860	672	1,016	1,640	2,234
Clonlonan IrlBarony	32,118	4,132	645	298	5,075	3,870	528	308	4,706	9,781	83	566	830	140	1,619	73	3	1,695	103	673	946	164	1,886	1,138	349	399	128	626	984	148	2,068	238	161	325	201	3	4	1	1	0	43	1	14	8	15	0	431	454	2,938	1,030	323	2,002	1,508	764	874	1,129	2,194	2,351
Corkaree IrlBarony	26,960	2,071	356	258	2,685	2,029	286	208	2,523	5,208	40	218	433	211	902	42	0	944	47	239	469	242	997	570	185	242	110	292	523	72	1,174	112	83	253	113	2	1	3	1	0	24	0	10	7	11	1	91	304	1,508	682	155	941	1,091	580	412	588	941	1,112
Delvin IrlBarony	39,063	2,744	417	395	3,556	2,827	481	294	3,602	7,158	51	394	637	185	1,267	43	0	1,310	55	424	687	192	1,358	831	261	266	121	350	805	82	1,699	122	97	379	148	1	5	1	1	0	31	0	14	13	8	0	145	383	2,148	899	186	1,497	1,468	948	582	801	1,152	1,514
Farbill IrlBarony	35,453	3,295	433	381	4,109	3,112	466	281	3,859	7,968	47	284	733	243	1,307	39	0	1,346	52	298	786	265	1,401	868	240	293	123	402	798	78	1,813	126	93	383	146	11	4	3	1	0	32	0	11	10	9	0	231	433	2,340	966	224	1,458	1,297	714	572	591	1,786	2,140
Fartullagh IrlBarony	39,340	3,034	328	277	3,639	2,901	374	269	3,544	7,183	72	308	701	169	1,250	73	0	1,323	76	333	747	182	1,338	900	189	249	124	399	722	93	1,641	142	83	289	144	3	2	0	1	1	29	0	8	16	8	0	156	391	2,072	842	189	1,458	1,337	922	600	808	1,340	1,485
Fore IrlBarony	52,581	5,071	484	532	6,087	4,962	667	420	6,049	12,136	58	582	1,198	371	2,209	133	2	2,344	72	621	1,271	411	2,375	1,333	524	518	182	688	1,393	112	2,794	213	194	818	258	3	5	8	1	0	26	0	21	10	11	0	202	634	3,512	1,686	359	2,273	2,156	1,298	1,011	1,299	2,352	2,911
Kilkenny West IrlBarony	37,627	3,417	314	287	4,018	3,493	351	222	4,066	8,084	33	384	893	153	1,463	63	1	1,527	35	405	939	169	1,548	975	204	369	97	512	824	115	2,030	151	76	549	107	1	2	2	1	0	23	1	10	6	9	1	117	321	2,375	1,032	203	1,562	1,245	550	630	943	1,759	2,206
Moyashel and Magheradernon IrlBarony	42,845	5,210	1,564	523	7,297	5,251	1,860	499	7,610	14,907	137	555	1,149	328	2,169	89	2	2,260	181	673	1,403	385	2,642	1,148	694	800	200	713	1,459	270	2,429	301	308	508	443	8	12	5	2	1	53	3	21	23	14	10	823	795	4,105	1,654	487	3,383	2,670	1,555	1,302	1,784	2,592	3,604
Moycashel IrlBarony	47,333	5,564	713	489	6,766	5,222	604	390	6,216	12,982	71	703	1,220	271	2,265	123	6	2,394	86	841	1,364	297	2,588	1,657	468	463	160	788	1,472	168	2,977	248	182	641	257	4	4	5	2	0	47	0	13	7	11	0	594	562	4,087	1,467	353	2,672	2,468	1,286	1,099	1,577	2,577	2,838
Moygoish IrlBarony	40,277	3,187	319	436	3,942	3,126	412	319	3,857	7,799	42	389	743	221	1,395	71	1	1,467	47	427	854	251	1,579	950	262	367	142	438	876	123	1,876	138	96	406	142	2	3	3	1	0	23	0	13	6	9	1	166	415	2,329	971	311	1,652	1,555	970	706	853	1,341	1,698
Rathconrath IrlBarony	48,415	4,078	404	384	4,866	4,032	470	265	4,767	9,633	47	489	975	263	1,774	51	0	1,825	51	537	1,073	296	1,957	1,378	245	334	177	587	1,051	142	2,341	273	88	313	128	0	0	3	0	0	34	0	15	9	11	0	139	391	2,756	989	457	2,173	1,628	772	819	1,200	1,949	2,372

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Westmeath IrlC:

Rate	Date
% Class 4 (1 Room Mud Huts)	1851
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1851
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1851

Comments:

1	Parishes were often divided between different Baronies, and Baronies were sometimes divided between different Counties, but this reconstruction always lists the totals for whole Parishes or Baronies. The original table also sometimes lists separate counts for 'Towns' and the remainders of Parishes, but here again we list only Parish totals.
2	The totals for Baronies, Counties etc include counts for persons in "Public Institutions", who were separately listed in the original table, and are not included within the parish counts.

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