Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses in 1891 for Irish Civil Parish

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Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses in 1891 for Irish Civil Parish

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While detailed statistics on housing density and amenities were not gathered until much later, some of the earliest censuses allow us to map houses under construction, and so identify areas where settlements were expanding rapidly.

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Rate Definition

R_HOUS_CON = (HOUSE_OCCUPANCY:const * 100.0) / HOUSES:total

Sources

Data Role Source Method
HOUSE_OCCUPANCY:const 1891 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 7 , 'Area, houses, out-offices and farm steadings, and population, together with the valuation of each parish, townland, and township in 1891' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
HOUSES:total 1891 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 7 , 'Area, houses, out-offices and farm steadings, and population, together with the valuation of each parish, townland, and township in 1891' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area