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".

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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]
Coshlea IrlBarony Total	95,232	38,388	27,143	11,193	11,325	22,518	5,947	4,320	3,503	107	10	3,620
Kilquane IrlPar	2,776	934	629	249	246	495	145	104	79	0	0	79
Ardpatrick IrlPar	624	101	67	31	38	69	15	14	13	3	0	16
Athneasy IrlPar	2,837	1,503	977	404	396	800	236	157	129	0	0	129
Ballingaddy IrlPar	5,998	1,761	2,193	724	870	1,594	209	162	148	1	0	149
Ballingarry IrlPar	6,114	2,834	1,757	857	915	1,772	448	294	281	3	0	284
Ballylanders IrlPar	7,717	4,000	2,699	1,275	1,281	2,556	617	450	403	19	0	422
Ballyscaddan IrlPar	943	749	471	146	146	292	126	78	52	2	0	54
Darragh IrlPar	6,713	2,088	1,427	603	573	1,176	305	240	189	4	0	193
Effin IrlPar	5,267	2,060	1,453	622	638	1,260	313	230	197	3	3	203
Emlygrennan IrlPar	2,513	1,387	863	368	371	739	225	144	117	0	0	117
Galbally IrlPar	15,457	6,651	4,635	2,052	1,980	4,032	1,034	736	636	20	6	662
Kilbeheny IrlPar	15,376	4,291	2,860	1,206	1,142	2,348	707	530	415	21	0	436
Kilbreedy Major IrlPar	3,385	1,409	969	445	411	856	212	159	135	2	0	137
Kilfinnane IrlPar	6,487	4,356	3,049	1,282	1,376	2,658	722	552	425	11	0	436
Kilflyn IrlPar	4,819	1,778	1,244	369	375	744	257	195	123	5	1	129
Knocklong IrlPar	4,442	1,963	1,421	568	599	1,167	295	211	171	5	0	176
Particles IrlPar	8,497	2,431	1,688	575	553	1,128	371	262	172	10	0	182
St Peters and St Pauls IrlPar	4,074	3,126	3,160	1,232	1,280	2,512	509	414	368	21	0	389

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