Census of Population and other Population Data
Central Statistics
Office (CSO).
1926 (and links to data pre-1926
available on the CSO website).
To collect information relating to persons and households in the Republic of Ireland to help to plan for services to meet demand in healthcare and education, for example.
De facto population.
The delivery and collections of
Census forms span over a 10 week period.
The Census 2016 Quality Report is available on the CSO website here: https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/methods/censusofpopulation/Census_2016_Quality_Report_rev_0918.pdf
The Census of Population is a collection of information relating to persons and households
in Ireland. The Census of Population statistics are
disseminated through a range of specialised publications, releases and other media.
Census Data gives government, local authorities,
agencies, service providers and the public,
the complete suite of demographics of the State
at various geographic levels.
Health, Disabilities, Age Groups, Nationalities, Ethnicity,
Housing, Families, Principal Economic Status, Social Class,
Occupational and Industry data are some of the topics available.
Accommodation; demographics; education;
employment; disability or long term illness;
time and distance of travel to work; school or college;
economic status; Irish language; ethnicity; nationality;
migration and carers.
Not available.
Not applicable.
The Census has a number of questions
that pertain to Religion, Ethnicity, Education Level,
Occupation and Health among others. Additionally
the Census derive the Socio Economic Group (SEG)
and the Social Class for persons. Further information
on Social Class and SEG is available on the CSO website here: https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp11eoi/cp11eoi/bgn/
Census - householder completion of census form.
The Census is carried out in 5 years cycles. However due to Covid-19 the schedule Census in 2021 was postponed to 2022.
N/A.
N/A.
Every 5 years.
Interactive tables for the 1996,
2002, 2006, 2011 and 2016 censuses are available on the CSO website.
https://data.cso.ie/#
No.
Please see link to the Census 2016 results page where demographics are explained in each profile.
https://www.cso.ie/en/census/census2016reports/
Also find all the small area demographics on 11 geographical boundaries available here
https://www.cso.ie/en/census/census2016reports/census2016smallareapopulationstatistics/
and a link to our SAPMAP application here.
https://cso.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=4d19cf7b1251408c99ccde18859ff739
Following the Census 2022, detailed results will be available on the CSO website from April 2023