Owneybeg Barony : Literacy by Gender

Literacy by Gender

Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data for 1841 Sex
Whether able to read & write Male Female
Able to read & write 1,908 Show data context 850 Show data context
Able to read but not write 723 Show data context 895 Show data context
Unable to read or write 2,094 Show data context 2,777 Show data context
Data for 1851 Sex
Whether able to read & write Male Female
Able to read & write 1,407 Show data context 830 Show data context
Able to read but not write 608 Show data context 837 Show data context
Unable to read or write 1,252 Show data context 1,607 Show data context
Data for 1861 Sex
Whether able to read & write Male Female
Able to read & write 1,492 Show data context 1,009 Show data context
Able to read but not write 370 Show data context 521 Show data context
Unable to read or write 879 Show data context 1,241 Show data context

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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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Owneybeg Barony through time | Historical Statistics on Learning & Language | Literacy by Gender, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12844580/cube/READ_WRITE_SEX_5UP

Date accessed: 02nd August 2026