Cork County : Agriculture & Land Use Statistics

These simple graphs compare County Cork with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Percentage Arable (Agricultural Census) 1871 This rate presents the acreage of arable land recorded by the Agricultural Census, or 'June Survey'…
Cattle per Acre 1871 This rate shows the density of cattle, as recorded by the farm census.…
Oat Farming 1871 This rate presents the acreage of oats, as recorded by the Agricultural Census. The divisor used to…
Potato Farming 1871 This rate presents the acreage of potatoes, as recorded by the Agricultural Census or similar survey…
Sheep per Acre 1871 This rate shows the density of sheep, as recorded by the farm census.…
Wheat Farming 1871 This rate presents the acreage of wheat, as recorded by the Agricultural Census or similar surveys. …

We hold these detailed statistics for County Cork, which we graph and tabulate here:

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
Acreages of different crops, as reported by the Agricultural Census in 1871. 1871 Agricultural Census Crop Categories, 1871- (17)
Acreages of different crops, as reported by the Agricultural Census in 1871. 1871 Agricultural Census Crop Categories, 1871- (19)
Basic land use categories, as reported by the Agricultural Census 1871 Land Areas reported by the Agricultural Census (6)
Farmland Use, as reported by the Agricultural Census 1871 Agricultural Census Categories for Farmland (2)
Generalised agricultural crop classification for 1866-1970. 1871 Agricultural Census Generalised Crop Categories (13)
Generalised Crop Acreages 1871 Generalised Crop Categories (6)
Total areas of reporting units 1871 Total Area (for Agricultural Census) (1)
Types of Animal reported by the Agricultural Census 1871 Types of animal listed by the Agricultural Census (6)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.