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]
Bunratty Lower IrlBarony Total	57,315	23,535	15,263	6,144	6,193	12,337	3,698	2,628	2,118	89	11	2,218
Bunratty IrlPar	2,748	1,320	924	326	336	662	207	148	119	3	0	122
Clonloghan IrlPar	2,951	681	553	228	243	471	98	81	70	4	0	74
Drumline IrlPar	2,955	1,327	838	341	320	661	189	146	118	0	0	118
Feenagh IrlPar	2,840	1,018	555	207	204	411	154	90	68	6	0	74
Kilconry and Islands IrlPar	2,927	739	609	271	237	508	105	95	87	4	1	92
Kilfinaghta IrlPar	8,110	3,801	2,395	930	929	1,859	618	472	340	22	1	363
Kilfintinan IrlPar	6,098	2,633	1,667	569	572	1,141	432	257	197	11	4	212
Killeely IrlPar	6,578	5,065	3,690	1,534	1,574	3,108	836	624	565	19	11	595
Kilmaleery IrlPar	2,267	737	574	261	235	496	107	95	81	3	1	85
Kilmurry IrlPar	2,904	699	527	219	212	431	101	89	76	1	1	78
Kilnasoolagh IrlPar	5,131	1,158	706	327	355	682	168	108	103	1	1	105
St Munchins IrlPar	4,554	4,593	2,737	1,199	1,494	2,693	570	391	401	36	0	437
St Patricks IrlPar	5,233	4,132	3,347	1,268	1,409	2,677	696	636	494	22	2	518
Tomfinlough IrlPar	6,736	4,401	3,182	1,277	1,362	2,639	734	597	463	21	2	486

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