Sligo County : House Occupancy

House Occupancy

Data cube chart.

Year Occupied Vacant Under Construction
1821 27,059 Show data context 749 Show data context 7 Show data context
1831 29,588 Show data context 1,193 Show data context 404 Show data context
1841 31,443 Show data context 750 Show data context 46 Show data context
1851 22,142 Show data context 1,037 Show data context 42 Show data context
1861 22,394 Show data context 539 Show data context 48 Show data context
1891 19,210 Show data context 18,475 Show data context 717 Show data context
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'
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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From 1991 the census has gathered data on whether or not households had central heating, in at least some of their rooms, and in 2011 this was the only "amenity" data gathered.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sligo County through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | House Occupancy, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10162555/cube/HOUSE_OCCUPANCY

Date accessed: 10th June 2026