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	Ratoath	Show Meath 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]
Ratoath IrlBarony Total		35,697	6,214	5,337	2,151	2,106	4,257	1,029	917	757	33	1	791
Culmullin IrlPar		5,566	1,010	753	273	295	568	180	142	113	2	0	115
Ballymaglassan IrlPar		3,476	567	411	154	172	326	81	77	61	4	0	65
Cookstown IrlPar		1,238	142	127	50	48	98	22	18	14	4	0	18
Crickstown IrlPar		1,432	195	130	49	52	101	33	25	17	2	0	19
Donaghmore IrlPar		3,413	391	294	122	146	268	58	60	53	3	0	56
Dunshaughlin IrlPar		5,264	1,581	1,820	621	581	1,202	295	262	197	7	0	204
Greenoge IrlPar		1,488	274	174	63	61	124	44	38	24	0	1	25
Kilbrew IrlPar		2,531	275	192	114	123	237	45	30	40	3	0	43
Killegland IrlPar		716	411	281	140	146	286	62	57	53	3	0	56
Rathbeggan IrlPar		2,866	304	238	101	101	202	48	43	36	1	0	37
Rathregan IrlPar		2,577	304	217	89	81	170	41	36	31	3	0	34
Ratoath IrlPar		9,332	1,597	1,322	590	550	1,140	271	245	211	3	0	214
Trevet IrlPar		4,170	416	285	131	106	237	71	54	42	0	0	42

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

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