1861 Census of Ireland, The Census of Ireland for the Year 1861. Part I. Area, Population and Number of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions., Table [1] : " Area, population and number of houses".

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If Drill-down appears click for more detailed statistics 		Area (Acres)
[1] 		Population
Houses
In 1841
In 1851
In 1861
In 1841
In 1851
In 1861
Persons
[2] 		Persons
[3] 		Males
[4] 		Females
[5] 		Persons
[6] 		Number
[7] 		Number
[8] 		Inhabited
[9] 		Uninhabited
[10] 		Building
[11] 		Total
[12]
Drogheda IrlBarony Total   5,261 Show data context 2,999 Show data context 3,894 Show data context 1,599 Show data context 1,768 Show data context 3,367 Show data context 638 Show data context 742 Show data context 618 Show data context 14 Show data context 0 Show data context 632 Show data context
Ballymakenny IrlPar 1,581 Show data context 499 Show data context 391 Show data context 192 Show data context 163 Show data context 355 Show data context 88 Show data context 78 Show data context 65 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 68 Show data context
St Peters IrlPar 3,479 Show data context 13,910 Show data context 13,761 Show data context 5,670 Show data context 6,391 Show data context 12,061 Show data context 2,885 Show data context 2,783 Show data context 2,417 Show data context 197 Show data context 20 Show data context 2,634 Show data context
St Marys IrlPar 1,349 Show data context 5,070 Show data context 5,812 Show data context 2,356 Show data context 2,796 Show data context 5,152 Show data context 1,133 Show data context 1,067 Show data context 995 Show data context 65 Show data context 0 Show data context 1,060 Show data context

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

Rate Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years) 1841
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years) 1851
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses 1861
Population Density (Persons per Acre) 1861
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years) 1861

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 original table lists areas in Acres, Rods and Perches, but they have been converted here into decimal acres.
3 The original table also includes Poor Law and General Valuations for each area.

This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.

The system can only hold statistics for units listed in our administrative gazetteer, so some rows from the original table may be missing. Sometimes big low-level units, like urban parishes, were divided between more than one higher-level units, like Registration sub-Districts. This is why some pages will give a higher figure for a lower-level unit: it covers the whole of the lower-level unit, not just the part within the current higher-level unit.