Ireland Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Housing

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Families by Housing Class (Ireland)

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House Class (Ireland)	1851	1861
First Class	85,131	93,016
Second Class	386,066	425,054
Third Class	585,569	516,252
Fourth Class	147,553	93,978

Date	Source
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'

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Numbers of Families living in different Classes of House, as reported by. the early Irish censuses. Class I housing was the best while Class IV were mud huts, but that the Class of Accommodation was lowered if many families were living in the same house.

Ireland Country (Dep) : Families by Housing Class (Ireland)

Families by Housing Class (Ireland)