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".

Show top level table	Carlow	Show Carlow IrlC table

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]
Carlow IrlBarony Total	31,354	15,937	15,577	5,925	6,340	12,265	2,560	2,301	2,050	139	4	2,193
Ballinacarrig IrlPar	2,605	692	824	241	266	507	131	139	97	6	0	103
Ballycrogue IrlPar	370	64	33	8	8	16	13	8	4	0	0	4
Carlow IrlPar	3,330	9,901	10,292	3,849	4,253	8,102	1,561	1,391	1,287	113	3	1,403
Clonmelsh IrlPar	3,147	675	626	219	206	425	109	95	82	3	1	86
Cloydagh IrlPar	4,943	1,499	1,044	514	440	954	251	194	162	6	0	168
Grangeford IrlPar	3,503	1,027	821	321	334	655	170	156	117	3	0	120
Kellistown IrlPar	4,406	684	414	155	163	318	114	79	62	3	1	66
Killerrig IrlPar	5,319	860	713	309	291	600	131	122	100	1	0	101
Nurney IrlPar	2,723	905	671	272	282	554	154	127	112	3	0	115
Painestown IrlPar	2,144	202	167	75	76	151	31	26	29	3	0	32
Tullowmagimma IrlPar	4,064	1,125	984	406	445	851	183	178	165	5	0	170
Urglin IrlPar	3,149	1,004	873	391	373	764	164	152	139	4	0	143

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