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	Offaly East	Show Kildare 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]
Offaly East IrlBarony Total	47,030	10,584	8,899	9,120	4,905	14,025	1,869	1,641	1,433	55	5	1,493
Feighcullen IrlPar	4,176	1,357	1,072	436	410	846	225	196	144	13	0	157
Kildare IrlPar	9,216	2,654	2,229	1,201	1,168	2,369	509	428	408	17	4	429
Kilmeage IrlPar	10,881	3,496	3,010	1,352	1,218	2,570	611	542	472	13	2	487
Tully IrlPar	5,165	1,279	983	468	405	873	204	179	146	4	0	150
Moone IrlPar	7,282	1,591	1,073	511	474	985	286	212	179	8	0	187
Killashee IrlPar	4,145	835	650	284	241	525	133	118	93	4	5	102
Ballymany IrlPar	507	193	186	84	67	151	32	32	25	1	1	27
Ballysax IrlPar	7,208	1,220	882	5,525	1,410	6,935	204	154	181	3	0	184
Ballyshannon IrlPar	2,815	494	327	172	156	328	85	58	60	4	0	64
Carn IrlPar	1,457	499	662	292	270	562	105	121	85	4	0	89
Cloncurry IrlPar	5,420	644	479	188	161	349	111	89	63	0	0	63
Dunmurry IrlPar	1,101	154	161	76	76	152	20	22	22	1	0	23
Grangeclare IrlPar	533	70	66	29	32	61	11	9	11	0	0	11
Lullymore IrlPar	2,656	51	94	20	23	43	7	15	8	1	0	9
Pollardstown IrlPar	1,250	313	234	102	70	172	48	34	28	2	0	30
Rathangan IrlPar	11,530	2,991	2,544	1,017	1,062	2,079	520	473	401	16	0	417
Thomastown IrlPar	853	119	97	23	31	54	18	17	11	1	0	12
Kilrush IrlPar	4,077	577	531	250	200	450	102	95	80	0	0	80

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