Vision of Britain | 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".

Show top level table	Cork	Show Cork 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]
Cork IrlBarony Total	43,814	25,335	28,502	10,741	11,664	22,405	4,161	3,882	3,386	149	6	3,541
Whitechurch IrlPar	10,515	3,368	2,547	1,089	972	2,061	469	411	338	26	0	364
Dunbulloge IrlPar	16,783	5,269	3,201	1,295	1,246	2,541	808	535	415	7	1	423
St Michaels IrlPar	1,993	597	426	197	188	385	85	75	68	2	0	70
Ballinaboy IrlPar	7,973	2,749	2,858	696	694	1,390	476	406	245	6	1	252
Carrigaline IrlPar	14,499	7,489	5,715	2,166	2,421	4,587	1,297	1,089	859	45	4	908
Carrigrohane IrlPar	2,658	2,279	2,603	1,246	1,072	2,318	326	346	310	5	2	317
Currykippane IrlPar	2,709	990	923	416	446	862	182	155	141	2	0	143
Inishkenny IrlPar	3,858	1,390	1,178	385	381	766	212	167	130	10	1	141
Kilcully IrlPar	1,760	488	465	189	191	380	73	75	63	4	0	67
Killanully IrlPar	2,056	577	433	187	189	376	93	72	58	3	0	61
Kilnaglory IrlPar	3,942	1,080	856	369	335	704	167	146	110	3	0	113
Rathcooney IrlPar	5,153	3,376	3,027	1,130	1,132	2,262	542	512	408	5	0	413
St Annes Shandon IrlPar	3,143	24,639	26,124	13,341	13,600	26,941	3,328	3,673	3,507	292	8	3,807
St Finbars IrlPar	9,506	14,606	15,010	6,086	6,877	12,963	2,232	2,265	2,097	108	8	2,213
St Marys Shandon IrlPar	2,378	15,263	15,410	6,693	7,756	14,449	2,082	2,189	1,953	208	2	2,163
St Nicholas IrlPar	1,277	17,473	19,435	8,257	9,851	18,108	1,966	2,033	2,032	124	5	2,161

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