Census of Population - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS), 1981

A Census of Population was taken on the night of Sunday, 5 April 1981, in accordance with the Statistics
(Census of Population) Order 1981 (S.I. No. 60 of 1981). <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) the District Electoral Divisions and Urban or Rural Districts of each County.,<br>
(ii) the Wards of the County Boroughs of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford.<br>
(iii) Towns with legally defined boundaries.<br>
(iv) Towns 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 a separate file is 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 file is available for that part of the town
etc. in each of the District Electoral Divisions in question together with a printout for the remainder of the District Electoral Division.<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>