Carrickfergus Parish :
Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1821 8,023 Show data context
1831 8,023 Show data context 8,706 Show data context
1841 8,706 Show data context 9,379 Show data context
1851 9,379 Show data context 8,520 Show data context
1861 9,379 Show data context 8,520 Show data context 9,417 Show data context
1871 9,417 Show data context 9,397 Show data context
1881 10,009 Show data context 10,009 Show data context
1891 10,009 Show data context 8,923 Show data context
1901 8,528 Show data context
1911 8,669 Show data context
Date Source
1821 - 1831 1821 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'
1831 - 1841 1831 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'
1841 1841 Census of Ireland, Report, Table 1 , 'General table'
1851 - 1861 1861 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table [1] , 'Area, population and number of houses'
1851 1851 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'General Table.'
1861 1861 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'Showing by baronies, parishes, and towns, the area, population, number of houses and families, occupations, religious profusions, and education'
1871 - 1891 1891 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 7 , 'Area, houses, out-offices and farm steadings, and population, together with the valuation of each parish, townland, and township in 1891'
1901 1901 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 29 , 'Religious professions and sexes of the inhabitants, in each parish, in the county of [--]'
1911 1911 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 29 , 'Religious professions and sexes of the inhabitants, in each parish, in the county'

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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Carrickfergus through time | Population Statistics | Total Population, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12856490/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 17th November 2025