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".

List for top level	Uppercross	List for Dublin IrlC

click on 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]
Uppercross IrlBarony Total	39,014	24,415	26,526	14,957	16,032	30,989	4,063	4,503	4,507	293	66	4,866
St James IrlPar	1,953	14,226	12,886	8,804	6,685	15,489	1,397	1,626	1,541	84	10	1,635
Donnybrook IrlPar	1,688	9,825	11,177	5,367	6,784	12,151	1,350	1,686	1,739	78	28	1,845
Monkstown IrlPar	2,052	13,143	17,690	9,271	12,462	21,733	2,092	3,061	3,424	193	87	3,704
St Peters IrlPar	1,934	41,650	49,257	25,247	32,958	58,205	4,950	5,964	6,480	246	99	6,825
Clondalkin IrlPar	4,934	2,546	2,435	1,268	1,143	2,411	439	445	426	22	1	449
Esker IrlPar	2,509	857	650	286	253	539	152	122	107	7	1	115
Rathcoole IrlPar	4,705	1,527	1,356	582	557	1,139	283	257	218	7	1	226
Dalkey IrlPar	467	1,449	2,232	947	1,243	2,190	304	418	393	115	3	511
Rathfarnham IrlPar	2,782	4,469	5,555	2,379	3,304	5,683	767	960	966	54	22	1,042
Rathmichael IrlPar	2,808	1,447	1,867	887	956	1,843	249	249	237	16	0	253
Ballyfermot IrlPar	1,183	346	340	107	124	231	68	69	48	7	0	55
Cruagh IrlPar	4,460	979	770	356	339	695	168	136	125	12	0	137
Crumlin IrlPar	1,817	1,024	923	417	402	819	181	186	155	16	0	171
Drimnagh IrlPar	732	345	326	175	180	355	57	77	75	8	1	84
Palmerston IrlPar	1,518	1,411	1,511	648	675	1,323	264	246	248	11	0	259
St Catherines IrlPar	477	20,749	21,448	8,722	9,838	18,560	1,585	1,762	1,681	136	4	1,821
St Nicholas Without IrlPar	63	11,967	12,349	5,326	6,009	11,335	934	1,010	924	60	11	995
Tallaght IrlPar	21,868	4,921	4,367	1,982	1,849	3,831	802	775	645	53	2	700
Ballybought IrlPar	1,441	265	155	62	58	120	35	22	16	0	0	16
Ballymore Eustace IrlPar	4,204	2,129	1,675	782	745	1,527	387	340	309	8	1	318
Coghlanstown IrlPar	1,515	327	226	116	93	209	54	38	34	0	0	34
Tipperkevin IrlPar	3,752	744	512	250	211	461	115	100	83	3	0	86
Bray IrlPar	2,986	3,326	2,925	1,679	1,989	3,668	631	616	646	107	18	771

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.

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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.