Philipstown Upper Barony : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 8,919 Show data context
1831 8,919 Show data context 9,864 Show data context
1841 9,864 Show data context 7,452 Show data context
1851 7,452 Show data context 5,841 Show data context
1861 7,452 Show data context 5,841 Show data context 5,048 Show data context
1871 5,048 Show data context 4,597 Show data context
1881 4,391 Show data context 4,391 Show data context
1891 4,391 Show data context 3,877 Show data context
Date Source
1821 - 1831 1821 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'
1831 - 1841 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.'
1851 - 1861 1861 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table [1] , 'Area, population and number of houses'
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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nCube definition


Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Philipstown Upper Barony through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12840172/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 03rd August 2026