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]
Loughrea IrlBarony Total	64,406	18,797	13,862	4,592	4,900	9,492	3,278	2,132	1,740	46	2	1,788
Kilconickny IrlPar	8,353	2,564	1,772	729	715	1,444	434	322	266	8	0	274
Kilconierin IrlPar	5,478	1,552	915	353	352	705	238	146	126	2	0	128
Lickerrig IrlPar	4,469	1,191	622	223	229	452	180	108	84	1	0	85
Ardrahan IrlPar	17,948	4,191	2,887	1,138	1,222	2,360	703	523	444	7	0	451
Kilchreest IrlPar	3,419	1,579	954	348	361	709	272	177	126	9	1	136
Kilcolgan IrlPar	5,548	1,359	647	263	272	535	221	124	105	0	0	105
Killeeneen IrlPar	4,967	1,531	1,014	417	425	842	251	174	142	0	1	143
Killinan IrlPar	5,761	1,033	419	148	139	287	154	72	53	4	0	57
Killogilleen IrlPar	3,605	1,074	699	258	284	542	186	125	95	1	1	97
Grange IrlPar	4,696	1,038	643	252	267	519	181	120	91	0	0	91
Killaan IrlPar	7,866	1,318	878	365	332	697	233	145	118	0	0	118
Kilthomas IrlPar	11,710	3,278	1,903	862	877	1,739	584	373	332	2	0	334
Kilmeen IrlPar	3,808	980	506	209	218	427	168	95	77	3	1	81
Kilreekill IrlPar	5,947	1,737	1,167	353	351	704	285	211	135	4	0	139
Kilteskill IrlPar	4,696	802	598	266	237	503	137	109	90	1	0	91
Leitrim IrlPar	4,099	1,562	760	358	350	708	240	136	129	2	0	131
Bullaun IrlPar	1,729	445	274	106	121	227	71	57	44	0	0	44
Isertkelly IrlPar	1,894	209	122	66	52	118	38	24	19	1	0	20
Killeenadeema IrlPar	24,214	3,754	2,134	914	909	1,823	633	392	335	9	0	344
Loughrea IrlPar	5,957	7,152	7,240	1,916	2,212	4,128	1,305	878	731	24	2	757

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