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	Salt South	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]
Salt South IrlBarony Total	16,655	4,252	3,602	1,618	1,708	3,326	695	666	573	14	0	587
Naas IrlPar	5,527	4,862	5,433	2,170	2,213	4,383	869	791	706	38	6	750
Rathmore IrlPar	7,756	1,495	1,193	497	484	981	234	202	166	5	0	171
Whitechurch IrlPar	3,166	320	269	122	109	231	54	49	39	1	0	40
Kill IrlPar	4,851	1,261	971	410	382	792	211	178	131	1	0	132
Donaghcumper IrlPar	2,322	1,206	992	462	620	1,082	200	201	189	12	0	201
Kildrought IrlPar	1,844	1,559	2,010	837	1,046	1,883	257	266	277	15	0	292
Castledillon IrlPar	1,133	147	140	47	48	95	23	27	15	1	0	16
Clonaghlis IrlPar	478	127	108	61	52	113	19	19	22	1	0	23
Forenaghts IrlPar	564	62	65	19	26	45	11	10	9	0	0	9
Haynestown IrlPar	459	63	42	20	10	30	12	8	6	0	0	6
Kilteel IrlPar	3,435	797	615	291	269	560	129	112	94	0	0	94
Lyons IrlPar	1,635	379	308	153	157	310	62	59	55	1	0	56
Oughterard IrlPar	2,920	460	440	219	214	433	75	76	69	1	0	70
Stacumny IrlPar	569	157	134	47	50	97	24	24	18	1	0	19

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