Vision of Ireland | 1891 Census: Population summary

1891 Census of Ireland, Census of Ireland, 1891. Part I: Area, Houses, and Population: also the Ages, Civil or Conjugal Condition, Occupations, Birthplaces, Religion, and Education of the People. , Table 7 : " Area, houses, out-offices and farm steadings, and population, together with the valuation of each parish, townland, and township in 1891".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in 1891. [1]	Houses								Out-offices and Farmsteadings in 1891. [10]	Population							Valuation of Houses, Land, &c. in 1891. [18]
		1851. [2]	1861. [3]	1871. [4]	1881. [5]	1891					1851. [11]	1861. [12]	1871. [13]	1881. [14]	1891
		1851. [2]	1861. [3]	1871. [4]	1881. [5]	Total. [6]	Inhabited. [7]	Uninhabited. [8]	Building. [9]		1851. [11]	1861. [12]	1871. [13]	1881. [14]	Persons. [15]	Males. [16]	Females. [17]
Westmeath IrlC Total	434,017	141,300	19,597	17,063	15,644	14,597	13,794	12,949	788	57	111,409	90,879	78,432	71,798	65,109	33,927	31,182	316,639
Brawny IrlBarony	10,099	7,264	1,167	1,104	968	936	952	888	58	6	8,568	5,868	5,082	4,862	4,927	2,391	2,536	11,264
Clonlonan IrlBarony	32,099	13,240	1,695	1,401	1,337	1,232	1,155	1,090	63	2	9,781	7,430	6,120	6,010	5,571	2,839	2,732	22,865
Corkaree IrlBarony	23,870	6,762	944	821	751	693	647	612	34	1	5,208	4,573	3,967	3,520	3,114	1,625	1,489	19,290
Delvin IrlBarony	39,062	9,943	1,310	1,202	1,105	1,035	1,011	931	72	8	7,148	6,333	5,518	4,959	4,381	2,247	2,134	29,499
Farbill IrlBarony	35,447	9,546	1,346	1,157	1,091	1,101	1,052	989	61	2	7,968	6,555	5,835	5,474	4,926	2,573	2,353	25,251
Fartullagh IrlBarony	37,552	9,312	1,324	1,147	1,071	984	928	865	59	4	7,183	6,151	5,173	4,549	4,003	2,046	1,957	22,976
Fore IrlBarony	49,082	16,532	2,344	1,929	1,764	1,631	1,508	1,418	85	5	12,146	9,853	8,710	8,006	6,757	3,496	3,261	32,782
Kilkenny West IrlBarony	31,173	11,272	1,527	1,313	1,198	1,086	1,019	971	46	2	8,087	6,766	5,786	5,258	4,602	2,405	2,197	19,709
Moyashel and Magheradernon IrlBarony	40,604	14,357	2,260	2,051	1,892	1,776	1,683	1,585	88	10	14,906	12,728	11,066	10,300	10,114	5,791	4,323	39,360
Moycashel IrlBarony	47,067	16,822	2,392	2,023	1,870	1,656	1,548	1,445	98	5	12,983	9,938	8,185	7,303	6,573	3,348	3,225	31,530
Moygoish IrlBarony	39,599	10,933	1,467	1,315	1,196	1,136	1,074	1,002	66	6	7,796	6,926	6,205	5,484	4,816	2,424	2,392	27,566
Rathconrath IrlBarony	48,363	15,317	1,821	1,600	1,401	1,331	1,217	1,153	58	6	9,635	7,758	6,785	6,073	5,325	2,742	2,583	34,547

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Westmeath IrlC:

Rate	Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1871
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1881
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1891
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1891
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1891

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 listed valuations in pounds, shillings and pence but they are here rounded to the nearest pound,
4	The numbers in this table for Provinces, Counties and Baronies have been carefully checked. However, the parish listing is often hard to read and some transcriptions will be incorrect.

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.