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	Carra	Show Mayo 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]
Carra IrlBarony Total	134,207	52,238	32,707	14,081	14,566	28,647	9,511	5,768	5,233	120	27	5,380
Ballintober IrlPar	22,617	7,199	3,438	1,511	1,590	3,101	1,355	672	575	13	1	589
Islandeady IrlPar	23,764	8,463	4,699	2,125	2,084	4,209	1,556	921	731	6	18	755
Aglish IrlPar	14,417	10,464	9,135	2,880	3,115	5,995	1,835	1,196	1,024	36	4	1,064
Ballyhean IrlPar	7,675	4,032	1,987	942	971	1,913	798	405	372	10	5	387
Ballyovey IrlPar	19,842	4,505	3,073	1,388	1,449	2,837	792	590	508	13	3	524
Breaghwy IrlPar	5,266	2,452	1,136	528	551	1,079	456	218	214	4	0	218
Burriscarra IrlPar	4,357	1,681	913	444	448	892	296	162	167	6	1	174
Drum IrlPar	7,768	4,127	2,732	1,259	1,306	2,565	758	548	519	12	7	538
Kildacommoge IrlPar	7,553	3,923	2,234	1,154	1,166	2,320	710	420	447	7	2	456
Manulla IrlPar	5,464	2,336	1,387	766	726	1,492	404	241	260	3	0	263
Rosslee IrlPar	3,701	1,283	694	300	312	612	216	143	110	2	0	112
Touaghty IrlPar	3,067	1,297	884	417	426	843	232	156	146	2	0	148
Turlough IrlPar	22,714	7,430	4,516	2,275	2,337	4,612	1,369	893	859	15	5	879
Balla IrlPar	5,509	1,934	1,272	586	579	1,165	331	224	174	8	0	182

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