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]
Belfast IrlCorpTown Total   5,637 Show data context 77,622 Show data context 103,067 Show data context 55,842 Show data context 65,760 Show data context 121,602 Show data context 13,249 Show data context 15,446 Show data context 18,595 Show data context 1,541 Show data context 54 Show data context 20,190 Show data context
Shankill IrlPar 19,653 Show data context 78,763 Show data context 100,500 Show data context 53,561 Show data context 64,007 Show data context 117,568 Show data context 13,493 Show data context 15,673 Show data context 18,366 Show data context 1,602 Show data context 66 Show data context 20,034 Show data context
Knockbreda IrlPar 8,020 Show data context 10,627 Show data context 11,488 Show data context 5,715 Show data context 6,242 Show data context 11,957 Show data context 1,898 Show data context 1,891 Show data context 1,999 Show data context 129 Show data context 6 Show data context 2,134 Show data context
Holywood IrlPar 8,064 Show data context 5,045 Show data context 4,317 Show data context 2,540 Show data context 3,254 Show data context 5,794 Show data context 977 Show data context 924 Show data context 1,047 Show data context 112 Show data context 16 Show data context 1,175 Show data context

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

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.