Clonfeacle Parish : Social Status, based on 1831 occupational statistics

Social Status, based on 1831 occupational statistics

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Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 19,206 Show data context
1831 19,206 Show data context 19,547 Show data context
1841 19,547 Show data context 18,930 Show data context
1851 18,930 Show data context 13,847 Show data context
1861 18,930 Show data context 13,810 Show data context 12,929 Show data context
1871 12,929 Show data context 11,188 Show data context
1881 9,527 Show data context 9,527 Show data context
1891 9,527 Show data context 7,884 Show data context
1901 6,993 Show data context
1911 6,414 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 - 1861 1861 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table [1] , 'Area, population and number of houses'
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'
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'
1901 1901 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 29 , 'Religious professions and sexes of the inhabitants, in each parish, in the county of [--]'
1911 1911 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 29 , 'Religious professions and sexes of the inhabitants, in each parish, in the county'

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The 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Clonfeacle Parish through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Social Status, based on 1831 occupational statistics, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026