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	Rathvilly	Show Carlow 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]
Rathvilly IrlBarony Total	44,806	19,272	13,812	5,909	5,947	11,856	3,252	2,550	2,143	54	7	2,204
Ballinacarrig IrlPar	2,605	692	824	241	266	507	131	139	97	6	0	103
Ardoyne IrlPar	6,578	1,791	1,351	550	536	1,086	298	218	181	7	0	188
Ballon IrlPar	3,700	1,524	1,278	526	560	1,086	272	250	212	8	0	220
Fennagh IrlPar	10,524	4,314	3,710	1,471	1,478	2,949	770	655	521	10	2	533
Ardristan IrlPar	1,571	598	424	169	183	352	107	84	73	0	0	73
Baltinglass IrlPar	6,383	4,436	4,168	1,319	1,330	2,649	722	523	410	21	0	431
Clonmore IrlPar	6,029	2,335	1,461	669	721	1,390	376	283	250	5	0	255
Crecrin IrlPar	2,471	732	484	181	191	372	120	88	71	2	0	73
Hacketstown IrlPar	11,618	5,242	3,522	1,463	1,481	2,944	856	648	519	24	5	548
Haroldstown IrlPar	2,834	836	440	232	212	444	147	94	80	6	0	86
Kiltegan IrlPar	15,951	3,969	2,639	1,223	1,161	2,384	657	482	418	16	2	436
Kineagh IrlPar	6,298	1,580	925	377	376	753	251	167	127	3	0	130
Rahill IrlPar	2,684	493	345	142	137	279	79	58	46	1	0	47
Rathmore IrlPar	815	323	228	77	75	152	46	42	31	4	0	35
Rathvilly IrlPar	9,212	3,493	2,601	1,117	1,105	2,222	593	491	426	7	0	433
Straboe IrlPar	1,104	214	168	71	79	150	38	26	24	0	0	24
Tullowphelim IrlPar	7,990	4,478	3,497	1,552	1,564	3,116	765	639	541	7	0	548
Aghowle IrlPar	8,140	2,764	1,753	662	627	1,289	445	315	233	7	0	240

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