Census of Population and other Population Data
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.
**Purpose:** 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.
**Coverage:** 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
Health Category
Theme
Language
Access Rights
- Organization
- Central Statistics Office
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Access Rights | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/NON_PUBLIC |
| Frequency | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/ANNUAL |
| Id | 5e2d70b4-133c-4a94-bddb-998588f1a5e2 |
| Identifier | NDC-0014 |
| Isopen | True |
| Issued | 1926-01-01 |
| License Id | cc-by-sa |
| License Title | Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike |
| License Url | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa |
| Max Typical Age | 75 |
| Metadata Created | 2026-03-19T17:16:27.288499 |
| Metadata Modified | 2026-03-19T17:16:27.288502 |
| Min Typical Age | 0 |
| Modified | 2024-04-27 |
| Name | census-of-population-and-other-population-data-14 |
| Notes | 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. **Purpose:** 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. **Coverage:** 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 |
| Num Resources | 0 |
| Num Tags | 5 |
| Number Of Records | 750596 |
| Number Of Unique Individuals | 185200 |
| Private | False |
| Provenance | 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. |
| Title | Census of Population and other Population Data |
| Type | dataset |
No history available for this dataset.