Age Structure (Irish 1821 classification)

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Age Groups used in 1821 Irish Census 1821
0 to 4 24,149 Show data context
5 to 9 18,172 Show data context
10 to 14 17,944 Show data context
15 to 19 19,928 Show data context
20 to 29 41,588 Show data context
30 to 39 28,436 Show data context
40 to 49 18,469 Show data context
50 to 59 10,514 Show data context
60 to 69 4,372 Show data context
70 to 79 1,432 Show data context
80 to 89 341 Show data context
90 to 99 64 Show data context
100 Up 4 Show data context
Age unknown 468 Show data context
Date: Source:
1821 1821 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [2] , 'Ages of Persons'

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The 1831 census provided information at parish-level on the number of males aged over 20 in each of nine occupational categories. Here we re-organise those nine categories into four to get some sense of the distribution of agriculture, of the new manufacturing industries and of the urban "trades". "Agriculture" is quite well-defined here, combining large- and small-scale farmers with agricultural labourers. "Manufacturing" is narrowly defined, excluding labourers and "capitalists", and focuses on the new factory-...


based industries. "Retail and handicrafts" covers the many workers in small businesses who sold products at the front of their shop and made them at the back. The "other" category covers "capitalists" and professionals, labourers outside agriculture, servants and "others".


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, County of the City of Dublin IrlC through time | Population Statistics | Age Structure (Irish 1821 classification), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 27th July 2024