Galway County through time | Historical Statistics on Housing

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Year	Total Houses
1821	55,528
1831	65,398
1841	72,890
1851	51,419
1861	47,506
1871	46,200
1881	43,300
1891	40,959

Date	Source
1821	1821 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'
1831	1831 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'
1841	1841 Census of Ireland, Report, Table 1 , 'General table'
1851	1851 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'General Table.'
1861	1861 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'Showing by baronies, parishes, and towns, the area, population, number of houses and families, occupations, religious profusions, and education'
1871 - 1891	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'

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The Agricultural Census was not primarily a land use survey, but it did record the total farmed area, apparently excluding rough grazings. For some dates it also recorded other categories including the area of rough grazings and of woodlands. In some cases, as with orchards, the acreages seem to be included within the overall farmed area, while woodlands are always separate.

Galway County : Total Houses

Total Houses