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]
City of Dublin IrlCity Total	3,593	232,726	258,361	118,283	136,525	254,808	21,771	24,317	23,001	1,550	100	24,651
St James IrlPar	1,953	14,226	12,886	8,804	6,685	15,489	1,397	1,626	1,541	84	10	1,635
Glasnevin IrlPar	1,000	1,226	1,340	796	760	1,556	178	178	169	6	1	176
Grangegorman IrlPar	878	5,643	5,301	2,446	3,076	5,522	742	827	800	33	7	840
St Georges IrlPar	654	16,210	17,181	7,445	10,614	18,059	2,187	2,391	2,382	75	5	2,462
Donnybrook IrlPar	1,688	9,825	11,177	5,367	6,784	12,151	1,350	1,686	1,739	78	28	1,845
St Marks IrlPar	321	15,234	20,827	10,455	10,297	20,752	1,478	1,931	1,846	152	9	2,007
St Peters IrlPar	1,934	41,650	49,257	25,247	32,958	58,205	4,950	5,964	6,480	246	99	6,825
St Catherines IrlPar	477	20,749	21,448	8,722	9,838	18,560	1,585	1,762	1,681	136	4	1,821
St Nicholas Without IrlPar	63	11,967	12,349	5,326	6,009	11,335	934	1,010	924	60	11	995
Liberties of Christ Church IrlPar	2	15	50	11	17	28	4	2	4	1	0	5
St Andrews IrlPar	42	7,634	7,628	3,315	3,591	6,906	785	796	633	154	0	787
St Annes IrlPar	71	8,808	8,584	3,580	4,658	8,238	828	825	775	62	0	837
St Audoens IrlPar	30	3,966	4,053	2,042	2,255	4,297	429	441	342	54	0	396
St Bridgets IrlPar	37	10,629	10,784	5,286	5,522	10,808	713	783	668	84	2	754
St Johns IrlPar	12	3,931	3,483	1,379	1,664	3,043	276	296	208	16	1	225
St Lukes IrlPar	39	4,802	4,419	1,834	2,244	4,078	365	354	329	3	0	332
St Marys IrlPar	150	23,904	24,068	11,075	13,166	24,241	2,153	2,315	2,108	136	1	2,245
St Michaels IrlPar	6	1,271	1,317	536	633	1,169	120	127	102	12	2	116
St Michans IrlPar	123	22,793	23,393	9,327	10,758	20,085	1,514	1,582	1,417	141	0	1,558
St Nicholas Within IrlPar	5	1,694	1,999	836	1,002	1,838	95	127	133	13	2	148
Liberties of St Patricks IrlPar	9	2,044	1,887	932	1,055	1,987	132	154	140	8	0	148
St Pauls IrlPar	108	8,422	8,636	5,559	4,446	10,005	809	865	751	53	1	805
St Thomas IrlPar	630	22,008	27,637	13,811	15,723	29,534	2,833	3,406	3,392	208	23	3,623
St Werburghs IrlPar	16	2,969	2,928	1,500	1,674	3,174	232	256	229	31	0	260

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within City of Dublin IrlCity:

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.