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 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]
Cork IrlC Total	1,836,655	773,398	563,158	232,128	232,569	464,697	125,319	91,038	76,858	3,190	204	80,252
Barretts IrlBarony	31,762	11,246	6,164	2,723	2,564	5,287	1,847	1,054	905	41	2	948
Barrymore IrlBarony	148,700	59,220	50,346	20,057	19,362	39,419	9,240	7,114	5,823	236	25	6,084
Condons and Clangibbon IrlBarony	78,481	43,213	32,515	15,117	13,495	28,612	6,511	4,746	4,084	115	8	4,207
Cork IrlBarony	43,814	25,335	28,502	10,741	11,664	22,405	4,161	3,882	3,386	149	6	3,541
Duhallow IrlBarony	232,329	78,364	52,401	21,770	21,779	43,549	12,335	8,308	7,439	178	14	7,631
Fermoy IrlBarony	121,562	55,127	36,235	14,623	14,810	29,433	8,673	5,790	4,924	171	26	5,121
Imokilly IrlBarony	93,878	64,289	53,324	19,460	21,304	40,764	10,369	8,649	6,898	426	23	7,347
Kerrycurrihy IrlBarony	23,958	14,554	13,218	5,147	5,922	11,069	2,489	2,324	1,908	156	9	2,073
Kinalea IrlBarony	50,693	20,476	13,734	5,439	5,446	10,885	3,472	2,500	1,944	78	5	2,027
Kinnatalloon IrlBarony	27,718	9,463	6,248	2,425	2,439	4,864	1,485	1,155	880	46	1	927
Kinsale IrlBarony	12,431	12,947	10,321	3,928	4,393	8,321	2,060	1,738	1,307	130	3	1,440
Muskerry East IrlBarony	122,875	43,526	31,792	13,478	13,110	26,588	7,008	5,361	4,486	180	7	4,673
Orrery and Kilmore IrlBarony	69,346	31,354	22,297	9,654	9,146	18,800	4,742	3,368	2,942	80	9	3,031
City of Cork IrlCity	2,266	80,720	85,745	37,509	42,612	80,121	10,113	10,510	9,740	1,082	26	10,848
Bantry IrlBarony	59,216	15,593	12,305	4,632	4,687	9,319	2,467	1,883	1,529	48	3	1,580
Bear IrlBarony	89,986	25,487	19,899	7,993	8,526	16,519	4,391	3,279	2,826	84	10	2,920
Carbery East East Division IrlBarony	67,351	36,450	22,605	9,727	9,811	19,538	6,067	4,113	3,380	137	8	3,525
Carbery East West Division IrlBarony	105,142	42,947	26,120	11,615	11,265	22,880	7,215	4,700	4,067	205	10	4,282
Carbery West East Division IrlBarony	79,263	43,521	29,533	11,975	12,585	24,560	7,482	4,899	4,273	172	10	4,455
Carbery West West Division IrlBarony	109,179	44,425	26,702	11,779	11,357	23,136	7,575	4,658	4,006	161	3	4,170
Courceys IrlBarony	8,813	4,877	2,604	1,177	1,080	2,257	816	530	402	23	1	426
Ibane and Barryroe IrlBarony	35,291	24,349	15,226	6,873	6,764	13,637	4,202	2,829	2,441	89	2	2,532
Kinalmeaky IrlBarony	36,381	19,650	14,293	5,691	6,023	11,714	3,173	2,386	1,975	109	11	2,095
Muskerry West IrlBarony	188,487	46,985	36,774	15,256	15,030	30,286	7,539	5,772	5,033	176	8	5,217

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.