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Census of Population - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS), 1986 Census of Population - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS), 1986 doi:10.7929/ISSDA/C4USMM0009-02 Central Statistics Office (CSO) ISSDAIrish Social Science Data Archive 2026-02-17 Social SciencesDemographyEconomic activityEmploymentFamiliesOccupationsSocio-economic statusCommutingCensus dataCivil statusSocial classAgeEmployment status Censuses 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> 1986-04-13 Ireland IndividualFamily: Household familyHouseholdHousing Unit All persons resident in Ireland on the night of the 1986 census. Survey data Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section Total universe/Complete enumeration Self-administered questionnaire: Paper ISSDA may only supply data for use in the Republic of Ireland. The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The data citation may be in the form on the dataset page or in the form required by the publication.<br> Any work based in whole or part on resources provided by ISSDA, should acknowledge: "Central Statistics Office - Census of Population" and " &copy; Government of Ireland" and also ISSDA, in the following way: “Accessed via the Irish Social Science Data Archive - www.ucd.ie/issda”. https://issda.ucd.ie/oai doi:10.7929/ISSDA/C4USMM 2026-02-18T02:00:00Z ddi:codebook:2_5