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Census 1981 Volume 1 - Population
Census 1981 Volume 1 - Population
Volume 1 - Population - Entire Volume (PDF 13092KB)
Table of Contents, General Details and Commentary (PDF 1964KB)
Appendices (PDF 326KB)
Tables in PDF format
Tables 1 - 20
Population
01. Population of each Province at each Census since 1926; marriages, births and deaths registered, natural increase and estimated net migration in each intercensal period since 1911 (PDF 97KB)
02. Average annual number of marriages, births, deaths, etc., per 1,000 of the average population in each Province for each intercensal period since 1926 (PDF 54KB)
03. Population of each Province, County and County Borough in 1971, 1979 and 1981, actual and percentage increase in population 1971 to 1981 and 1979 to 1981 and females per 1,000 males (PDF 43KB)
04. Population of each Province, County and County Borough at each Census since 1961 and percentage increase in each intercensal period (PDF 78KB)
05A. Births, deaths, natural increase, increase in population and estimated net migration in the intercensal period 1971 - 1981 for each Province, County and County Borough and average annual rates per 1,000 average population.(PDF 297KB)
05B. Births, deaths, natural increase, increase in population and estimated net migration in the intercensal period 1979 - 1981 for each Province, County and County Borough and average annual rates per 1,000 average population (PDF 297KB)
06. Population of each Province and County as constituted at each Census since 1841 (PDF 378KB)
07. Increase or decrease per cent in population of each Province and County in each intercensal period since 1926 (PDF 47KB)
08. Population in the Aggregate Town Areas and Aggregate Rural areas of each Province and County, percentage of population in Aggregate Town Areas and females per 1,000 males (PDF 84KB)
09A. Total population, Aggregate Town Area and Aggregate Rural Area population and females per 1,000 males for each planning region (PDF 81KB)
09B. Population changes in the Aggregate Town Areas and Aggregate Rural Areas and average annual rate of estimated net migration for each planning region for the periods 1971 - 1981 and 1979 - 1981 (PDF 81KB)
10. Population of Towns, in order of size, in each County (PDF 1747KB)
11. Population, Area and density(persons per square kilometer) of Rural Districts and Towns with legally defined boundaries; population of other Towns having a population of 1,500 or more inhabitants in 1981 and total Town population in each Province and County (PDF 1347KB)
12. Population and Area of each District Electoral Division, Urban District, Rural District and County (PDF 4708KB)
13. Population of Towns by type of district, 1971, 1979 and 1981 (PDF 314KB)
14. Persons, Males and females in Towns by type of district, 1981 (PDF 285KB)
15. Population of each Constituency, as defined in the electoral (amendment) act, 1980, for elections to Dáil Éireann (PDF 52KB)
16. Population of each County Electoral Area and each Borough Electoral Area (PDF 171KB)
17A. Population in 1901 and 1981 of civil parishes in Dublin County and County Borough (PDF 122KB)
17B. Population in 1901 and 1981 of civil parishes in or partly within the county Boroughs of Cork, Limerick and Waterford (PDF 47KB)
18. Total population in 1971 and 1979 and persons, males, females in 1981 in District Electoral Divisions or parts of District Electoral Divisions within the Gaeltacht as defined by the Gaeltacht Areas orders, 1956, 1967 and 1974 (PDF 206KB)
19. Population of inhabited islands off the coast (PDF 77KB)
20. Alphabetical list of Towns with their population in 1981 (PDF 462KB)