Vision of Ireland | 1861 Census: Population summary

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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Click on the unit name for its home page If 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]
Ardee IrlBarony Total	53,832	28,704	22,274	8,379	8,749	17,128	5,304	4,250	3,300	144	11	3,455
Ardee IrlPar	4,885	6,392	5,944	2,001	2,272	4,273	1,253	1,051	828	54	0	882
Cappoge IrlPar	1,284	568	399	180	167	347	99	75	67	0	0	67
Charlestown IrlPar	2,700	1,390	843	275	297	572	242	165	111	9	0	120
Clonkeen IrlPar	4,322	2,158	1,406	545	543	1,088	397	307	213	3	2	218
Dromin IrlPar	2,042	863	715	251	266	517	176	151	105	3	0	108
Drumcar IrlPar	4,041	1,624	1,424	584	582	1,166	297	254	222	9	2	233
Gernonstown IrlPar	1,302	1,220	1,023	445	444	889	220	197	170	16	0	186
Kildemock IrlPar	3,246	1,104	891	347	351	698	210	172	131	9	2	142
Killanny IrlPar	7,127	4,896	3,383	1,190	1,332	2,522	857	666	469	13	1	483
Kilsaran IrlPar	3,394	2,098	1,413	481	539	1,020	384	271	192	9	1	202
Louth IrlPar	17,843	9,647	6,845	2,690	2,768	5,458	1,759	1,400	1,103	32	4	1,139
Mapastown IrlPar	1,446	371	263	126	116	242	61	48	40	3	0	43
Mosstown IrlPar	3,818	1,437	1,027	437	412	849	265	202	152	5	0	157
Philipstown IrlPar	3,660	1,669	1,309	522	536	1,058	303	287	239	3	0	242
Richardstown IrlPar	1,090	542	499	157	169	326	109	98	67	0	0	67
Shanlis IrlPar	2,038	530	428	184	170	354	91	82	68	2	0	70
Smarmore IrlPar	1,596	439	343	158	147	305	71	58	51	0	1	52
Stabannan IrlPar	4,377	2,234	1,712	612	638	1,250	415	329	242	3	2	247
Stickillin IrlPar	1,362	348	275	142	116	258	55	52	47	0	0	47
Tallanstown IrlPar	3,210	933	637	245	218	463	180	126	89	11	1	101
Salterstown IrlPar	1,048	380	255	116	101	217	64	59	42	2	0	44

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Ardee 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.