All counties showed growth since the previous Census. The preliminary results of the 2022 Census are in, with Ireland seeing major growth since 2016. The report was published by the Central Statistics Office, 12 weeks after Census night in April. The results are based on initial counts from over 5,000 enumeration areas. The population of […]

4 years ago

Irish Twitter on fire once again. When the people of Ireland opened their census forms on Sunday night and landed on the time capsule section, many of us were left scratching our heads. Exactly what did we want to convey? Did we have a message for the people of 2122? A pearl of wisdom that […]

4 years ago

Tonight, millions of us across Ireland will be filling out our census forms. The census was postponed from last April because of the Covid pandemic and will now take place on Sunday evening (3 April). Ireland’s five-yearly Census of Population survey is conducted by the Central Statistics Office, and, when the results are in, will […]

4 years ago

Big numbers. The population of the Republic of Ireland has officially topped five million for the first time in 170 years. According to new figures released by the Central Statistics Office on Tuesday (31 August), the population increased by 34,000 (+0.7%) to 5.01 million in the year to April 2021 in contrast with an increase […]

4 years ago

The Census provides essential information for planning and decision making. The government has decided to postpone the 2021 Census until 2022 following advice from the Central Statistics Office. The CSO said the decision was not made lightly but due to Covid-19 it would be postponed. Pádraig Dalton, Director General of the CSO said: “The Census […]

6 years ago

The ‘time capsule’ feature will allow people to leave a confidential message on the 2021 census. The government has announced that the next census will take place on Sunday 18 April in 2021. Every other EU member state will do the same at some point in the year. The census will have a total of eight […]

7 years ago