Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: General

1851 Census of Ireland, The Census of Ireland for the Year 1851. Part VI. General Report., Table 1 : " General Table.".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	AREA in Statute Acres. [1]	Persons									Houses								Families					Occupations																													Education
		Males				Females				TOTAL NUMBER OF MALES AND FEMALES. [10]	Inhabited					UNINHABITED.		TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSES. [18]	Residing in				TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES. [23]	Families, classified according to their							Persons (Fifteen Years old and upwards)																						Persons (Five Years old and upwards)
		Heads of Families and their Children. [2]	Visitors. [3]	Servants. [4]	TOTAL NUMBER OF MALES. [5]	Heads of Families and their Children. [6]	Visitors. [7]	Servants. [8]	TOTAL NUMBER OF FEMALES. [9]		1st Class. [11]	2nd Class. [12]	3rd Class. [13]	4th Class. [14]	TOTAL INHABITED. [15]	Built. [16]	Building. [17]		1st Class Houses. [19]	2nd Class Houses. [20]	3rd Class Houses. [21]	4th Class Houses. [22]		Pursuits, as chiefly employed in			Means, as chiefly dependent on				Classified as ministering to Physical Wants										Classified as ministering to Moral Wants						Unclassified		TOTAL		Number not having specified Occupations		Who can Read and Write		Who can Read only		Who can neither Read nor Write
																								Agriculture. [24]	Manufactures, Trade, &c. [25]	Other pursuits. [26]	Vested means, Professions, &c. [27]	The direction of labour. [28]	Their own manual labour. [29]	Means not specified. [30]	Food		Clothing		Lodging, &c		Health		Charity		Justice		Education		Religion		Male. [47]	Female. [48]	Male. [49]	Female. [50]	Male. [51]	Female. [52]	Male. [53]	Female. [54]	Male. [55]	Female. [56]	Male. [57]	Female. [58]
																								Agriculture. [24]	Manufactures, Trade, &c. [25]	Other pursuits. [26]	Vested means, Professions, &c. [27]	The direction of labour. [28]	Their own manual labour. [29]	Means not specified. [30]	Male. [31]	Female. [32]	Male. [33]	Female. [34]	Male. [35]	Female. [36]	Male. [37]	Female. [38]	Male. [39]	Female. [40]	Male. [41]	Female. [42]	Male. [43]	Female. [44]	Male. [45]	Female. [46]	Male. [47]	Female. [48]	Male. [49]	Female. [50]	Male. [51]	Female. [52]	Male. [53]	Female. [54]	Male. [55]	Female. [56]	Male. [57]	Female. [58]
Meath IrlC Total	579,899	55,588	9,547	5,678	70,813	53,896	10,945	5,094	69,935	140,748	950	4,573	13,338	5,183	24,044	1,239	37	25,320	1,052	4,961	14,112	5,562	25,687	16,256	4,428	5,003	2,342	6,576	14,869	1,900	32,280	2,736	2,069	5,356	2,606	46	53	55	23	15	550	0	182	137	164	44	2,682	5,868	40,609	14,257	4,457	31,442	24,749	14,939	12,449	14,788	26,832	33,609
Drogheda IrlBarony	5,308	1,417	457	46	1,920	1,350	556	69	1,975	3,895	9	70	407	174	660	80	2	742	17	74	444	189	724	263	276	185	31	183	466	44	483	74	363	245	67	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	84	88	1,003	413	66	842	489	227	332	415	874	1,122
Deece Lower IrlBarony	20,013	1,285	180	242	1,707	1,357	169	156	1,682	3,389	19	93	330	149	591	24	0	615	19	96	350	153	618	448	62	108	77	149	350	42	885	72	22	147	48	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	2	4	4	0	47	146	1,013	371	91	708	601	391	278	371	654	742
Deece Upper IrlBarony	28,764	1,510	178	224	1,912	1,498	206	167	1,871	3,783	24	101	350	202	677	38	1	716	24	105	371	215	715	485	92	138	110	183	368	54	1,001	62	32	173	54	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	7	1	5	1	42	147	1,150	384	95	822	694	488	299	356	730	836
Duleek Lower IrlBarony	36,983	3,721	368	400	4,489	3,573	484	397	4,454	8,943	77	314	908	343	1,642	197	8	1,847	79	328	955	372	1,734	1,074	276	384	178	376	1,045	135	2,029	184	159	151	196	1	2	1	0	0	38	0	7	11	15	1	147	321	2,593	670	273	2,259	1,479	940	725	870	1,835	2,213
Duleek Upper IrlBarony	28,502	2,141	282	364	2,787	2,092	355	265	2,712	5,499	49	216	540	211	1,016	75	1	1,092	53	221	558	217	1,049	640	183	226	122	250	568	109	1,350	164	124	130	83	0	0	3	0	0	28	0	4	0	4	0	90	250	1,683	547	137	1,264	1,034	649	437	542	1,027	1,266
Dunboyne IrlBarony	16,782	1,055	113	141	1,309	995	105	114	1,214	2,523	31	89	178	113	411	34	2	447	38	106	193	139	476	304	79	93	69	76	316	15	586	45	19	51	56	0	0	0	1	0	16	0	1	0	3	1	79	136	761	233	57	551	464	324	204	235	492	511
Fore IrlBarony	43,549	4,075	1,074	356	5,505	3,819	1,374	311	5,504	11,009	49	500	958	239	1,746	58	1	1,805	52	535	999	256	1,842	1,254	303	285	148	569	961	164	2,351	186	135	379	174	1	4	4	4	2	15	0	12	9	9	1	143	334	2,847	916	458	2,509	1,694	953	1,098	1,146	2,187	2,899
Kells Lower IrlBarony	36,171	3,832	409	359	4,600	3,559	518	287	4,364	8,964	33	423	980	233	1,669	44	0	1,713	34	427	990	240	1,691	1,261	269	161	128	585	872	106	2,292	189	112	586	99	0	1	1	1	0	30	0	12	8	13	0	94	226	2,654	1,010	298	1,825	1,657	827	886	904	1,645	2,220
Kells Upper IrlBarony	49,552	6,044	1,461	471	7,976	5,841	1,713	540	8,094	16,070	137	641	1,348	425	2,551	136	7	2,694	151	727	1,455	446	2,779	1,751	581	447	256	757	1,553	213	3,392	296	254	624	304	9	12	6	3	0	75	0	34	14	19	12	393	820	4,486	1,781	528	3,532	2,823	1,732	1,584	1,713	2,857	3,928
Lune IrlBarony	39,326	4,238	350	334	4,922	3,991	407	305	4,703	9,625	63	282	1,065	262	1,672	73	2	1,747	75	356	1,145	293	1,869	1,066	333	470	94	363	1,232	180	2,252	148	135	451	178	8	3	4	0	0	40	0	12	19	12	0	175	407	2,807	1,037	321	2,069	1,834	1,093	806	1,067	1,786	2,120
Morgallion IrlBarony	31,492	3,071	343	205	3,619	3,057	372	242	3,671	7,290	41	242	753	353	1,389	49	1	1,439	42	257	798	380	1,477	933	177	367	118	353	894	112	1,790	229	73	278	112	4	3	7	0	0	30	0	8	7	8	2	83	273	2,107	800	228	1,646	1,289	598	633	766	1,365	1,986
Moyfenrath Lower IrlBarony	40,313	4,402	1,015	407	5,824	4,327	1,078	389	5,794	11,618	98	248	1,073	400	1,819	61	1	1,881	122	268	1,115	416	1,921	1,178	318	425	178	504	1,112	127	2,628	147	165	425	221	3	5	5	2	3	54	0	14	16	11	0	217	616	3,317	1,215	350	2,460	2,033	1,361	1,033	1,297	2,184	2,544
Moyfenrath Upper IrlBarony	31,696	3,011	364	417	3,792	2,893	397	244	3,534	7,326	27	171	739	312	1,249	36	0	1,285	30	184	798	347	1,359	819	267	273	105	364	808	82	1,815	145	76	496	131	10	1	0	0	0	38	0	10	4	6	0	155	207	2,232	862	198	1,374	1,188	686	569	676	1,676	1,810
Navan Lower IrlBarony	25,836	4,634	1,192	379	6,205	4,600	1,287	431	6,318	12,523	90	265	1,166	498	2,019	112	6	2,137	100	295	1,297	565	2,257	1,082	533	642	122	556	1,378	201	2,371	194	291	427	314	8	6	7	3	5	57	0	18	14	15	23	474	611	3,549	1,289	444	3,020	2,357	1,498	1,139	1,437	2,092	2,837
Navan Upper IrlBarony	17,652	1,710	237	164	2,111	1,692	262	162	2,116	4,227	32	121	445	136	734	39	3	776	33	125	460	147	765	491	141	133	79	179	454	53	931	39	59	99	96	0	3	4	1	1	13	0	6	4	7	0	94	182	1,210	329	124	1,039	711	430	348	466	840	1,016
Ratoath IrlBarony	35,697	1,812	591	321	2,724	1,761	637	213	2,611	5,335	45	179	376	239	839	77	1	917	55	200	423	258	936	614	138	184	140	171	558	67	1,326	52	76	152	122	0	3	2	3	1	38	0	9	6	10	1	109	331	1,696	545	126	1,230	997	683	483	572	984	1,111
Skreen IrlBarony	40,892	2,846	340	391	3,577	2,922	435	342	3,699	7,276	55	222	692	328	1,297	65	2	1,364	56	232	725	353	1,366	930	206	230	169	293	843	61	1,748	150	78	321	146	0	3	0	1	0	27	0	11	5	10	1	129	263	2,153	740	232	1,764	1,415	990	577	807	1,288	1,568
Slane Lower IrlBarony	26,224	2,789	318	261	3,368	2,658	343	217	3,218	6,586	28	198	611	392	1,229	37	0	1,266	29	210	627	403	1,269	861	198	210	116	362	722	69	1,690	265	76	270	105	2	2	6	1	0	20	0	6	4	7	1	64	239	1,971	787	170	1,300	1,003	513	596	610	1,486	1,792
Slane Upper IrlBarony	29,212	3,020	382	238	3,640	2,887	372	296	3,555	7,195	49	255	710	302	1,316	67	1	1,384	51	276	727	310	1,364	981	218	165	125	426	720	93	1,672	151	107	155	139	0	3	1	1	1	19	0	7	9	6	0	114	319	2,068	636	264	1,665	1,279	672	639	778	1,349	1,752
Borough of Drogheda IrlCorpTown	497	6,485	985	477	7,947	7,094	1,206	600	8,900	16,847	323	738	1,347	573	2,981	355	17	3,353	453	922	1,522	666	3,563	631	2,318	614	72	629	2,518	344	644	170	1,327	1,501	780	38	18	11	2	0	78	1	21	31	24	42	1,748	948	4,642	2,742	473	3,504	3,109	2,056	1,269	2,098	2,699	3,937

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

Rate	Date
% Class 4 (1 Room Mud Huts)	1851
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1851
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1851

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 totals for Baronies, Counties etc include counts for persons in "Public Institutions", who were separately listed in the original table, and are not included within the parish counts.

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