Rathdown Barony : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 18,046 Show data context
1831 18,046 Show data context 29,288 Show data context
1841 29,288 Show data context 38,775 Show data context
1851 38,775 Show data context 45,243 Show data context
1861 38,775 Show data context 45,083 Show data context 50,158 Show data context
1871 50,158 Show data context 52,499 Show data context
1881 56,839 Show data context 56,839 Show data context
1891 56,839 Show data context 55,065 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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The early censuses reported the total number of families rather than households, and then sometimes provided a classification of families by occupation.


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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12844645/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 31st May 2026