Census 2011 Results Coming Soon
The first definitive results of the 2011 census will be published on 29th March next, less than one year after Census Day, 10th April 2011. The results will be available on the CSO website at www.cso.ie/census and will include a limited number of tables of data along with detailed interpretation and analysis of the results accompanied by thematic maps and charts.
The publication will present the principal demographic results of the census, giving details of the population and population change and including analysis across a range of themes including geographic distribution, age, marital status, households and families, migration, nationality, ethnicity, Irish language, religion and housing.
This will be the first in the series of Census 2011 results which will be published throughout 2012 and which will examine each of the census themes in detail. Click to view the Publication Schedule for Census 2011 Results.
All census 2011 publications will be available to view and download online in a number of different formats including interactive tables which will allow users to search the data using a range of criteria including geographic area. A full description of our planned outputs can be found here.
Publication of Census 2011 Preliminary Results
The first results of the census were released on June 30th 2011, just 12 weeks after census day and show that Ireland’s population is growing strongly, primarily due to a high number of births.
The results show that the total population enumerated on census night 10th April was 4,581,269, an increase of 8.1% on the 2006 census. See the main results here.
The results show population changes for geographical areas including counties, constituencies and right down to Electoral Divisions. The information is available for 3,440 areas and data for each individual area can be accessed using the online interactive tables included with the preliminary report on the CSO website.
These preliminary results are based on the summary counts for each enumeration area which were compiled by the 4,854 enumerators and returned to the CSO in advance of the census forms.
For now only headcount totals are available by males and females. Scanning and processing of the two million census forms has begun and the first definitive results will be published next March, within a year of census day. A full description of our planned outputs can be found here.
Click here to view and download the Census 2011 Preliminary Results.
What happens next?
Thanks to everyone for making their mark in Census 2011.
About 1.7 million completed census forms are now being delivered back to the Census Headquarters in Swords, Co. Dublin, where the processing operation is underway.
The first Census 2011 results will be released in June in the Preliminary Population Report. This will contain details of the total population of males and females in each Electoral Division and will be based on summary data taken from the front of the census forms.
The definitive population results, based on the scanned and processed Census Forms, will be released between March and December 2012.
Census 2011 results will be made available in a wide variety of ways designed to meet the needs of every user. The main results will be published by way of census releases organized by theme and through interactive tables on the CSO web site. A full description of our planned outputs can be found here.
Thanks again for making your mark!