Census of Population - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS), 1986

A Census of Population was taken on the night of Sunday, 13 April 1986, in accordance with the Statistics (Census of Population) Order, 1986 (S.I. No. 61 of 1986). <br> Census data is collected every 5 years.<br> The Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS) datasets break the national Census data down by various geographic levels -<br> (i) District Electoral Divisions and Urban or Rural Districts of each County.<br> (ii) Wards of the County Boroughs of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway.<br> (iii) Towns with legally defined boundaries.<br> (iv) Towns of 1,000 population and over (including suburbs or environs, if any).<br> (v) The total suburbs or environs, if any, of each city or town.<br> (vi) Where a town, 1,000 population and over, is situated in more than one county separate data will be available for the part in each county.<br> (vii) Where a town or the suburbs or environs of a city or town stands on more than one District Electoral Division, a separate data will be available for that part of the town etc. in each of the District Electoral Divisions in question.<br> (viii) Counties, County or Municipal Boroughs.<br> (ix) Planning Regions.<br> (x) Health Board Areas.<br> (xi) District Electoral Divisions or parts thereof designated as Gaeltacht Areas.<br> (xii) The Gaeltacht Area of each County.<br> (xiii) The total Gaeltacht Area of the Country.<br>